Signal-averaged electrocardiogram shows a heart rate dependent diurnal variation in healthy subjects

Japanese Heart Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 147-152

  Nakagawa, Mikiko ^a   Oda, Mari ^a   Iwao, Tetsu ^a   Ishida, Shuji ^a   Yonemochi, Hidetoshi ^a   Fujino, Takao ^a   Saikawa, Tetsunori ^a   Ito, Morio ^a  

^a OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autonomic tone; Diurnal variation; Heart rate; Signal averaged ECG

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; SIGNAL AVERAGED ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031959965     PISSN: 00214868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1536/ihj.39.147     Document Type: Article

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