Anxiety and vagal control of heart rate

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 498-502

  Watkins, Lana L ^a   Grossman, Paul ^b   Krishnan, Ranga ^b   Sherwood, Andrew ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Baroreflex control of heart rate; Respiratory sinus arrhythmia; Spectral analysis; Spielberger State Trait Anxiety Inventory; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; SPECTROSCOPY; SUDDEN DEATH; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0031879736     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006842-199807000-00018     Document Type: Article

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