Spectral analysis of heart rate variability during tilt-table testing in patients with vasovagal syncope

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 185-194

  Kochiadakis, G E ^a   Kanoupakis, E M ^a   Igoumenidis, N E ^a   Marketou, M E ^a   Solomou, M C ^a   Vardas, P E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

Author keywords

Heart rate variability; Syncope; Tilting test; Vasovagal syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEMODYNAMICS; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCOPE; TILTING;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SYNCOPE, VASOVAGAL; TILT-TABLE TEST; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0032052020     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5273(98)00039-4     Document Type: Article

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