A case of sinus arrest and vagal overactivity during REM sleep

Clinical Autonomic Research

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 135-138

  Coccagna, Giorgio ^a,c   Capucci, Alessandro ^b   Pierpaoli, Simone ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Ospedale Civile di Piacenza   (Italy)

^c Istituto di Neurologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autonomic imbalance; Sinus arrest; Sleep

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FAINTNESS; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POWER SPECTRUM; REM SLEEP; SINUS ARREST; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDER; TACHYCARDIA; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMIA, SINUS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRADYCARDIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP, REM; SYNCOPE; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0032717017     PISSN: 09599851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02281626     Document Type: Article

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