Autonomic modulation and QT interval dispersion in hypertensive subjects with anxiety

Hypertension

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 242-246

  Piccirillo, Gianfranco ^a   Viola, Emanuela ^a   Nocco, Marialuce ^a   Santagada, Elvira ^a   Durante, Michele ^a   Bucca, Carmela ^a   Marigliano, Vincenzo ^a  

^a POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Autonomic nervous system; Death, sudden, cardiac; Hypertension; Hypertrophy, left ventricular; QT dispersion; Spectrum analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART HYPERTROPHY; HEART INNERVATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SUDDEN DEATH;

EID: 0032821873     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.34.2.242     Document Type: Article

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