Clinical relevance of heart rate variability

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 162-168

  Kautzner, Josef ^a   Camm, A John ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

autonomic nervous system; cardiac arrhythmias; heart rate variability; myocardial infarction; neuropathy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DYSAUTONOMIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART PACING; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0031058118     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.4960200214     Document Type: Article

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