Is heart rate variability a reliable method to assess autonomic modulation in left ventricular dysfunction and heart failure? Assessment of autonomic modulation with heart rate variability

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 9-17

  Scalvini, Simonetta ^a   Volterrani, Maurizio ^a   Zanelli, Emanuela ^a   Pagani, Marco ^a   Mazzuero, Giorgio ^b   Coats, Andrew J ^c   Giordano, Amerigo ^a  

^a Rehab Inst Gussago Salvatore M   (Italy)

^b Division of Neurology   (Italy)

^c Cardiac Med Dept NHLI Brompton H   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic heart failure; Heart rate variability; Left ventricular dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0032583121     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5273(98)00252-6     Document Type: Article

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