Reproducibility of time-domain indexes of heart rate variability in patients with vasovagal syncope

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 160-165

  Kochiadakis, George E ^a   Orfanakis, Alexandros E ^a   Rombola, Amalia T ^a   Chrysostomakis, Stavros I ^a   Chlouverakis, Gregory I ^a   Vardas, Panos E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SYNCOPE; TILT TABLE TEST; TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SYNCOPE, VASOVAGAL; TILT-TABLE TEST; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031567875     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(96)00704-7     Document Type: Article

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