Influences of bilateral endoscopic transthoracic sympathicotomy on cardiac autonomic nervous activity

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 194-198

  Tedoriya, Takeo ^a   Sakagami, Satoru ^b   Ueyama, Takeshi ^c   Thompson, Larry ^a   Hetzer, Roland ^a  

^a DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

^b KANAZAWA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiac autonomic nervous activity; Electrophysiology; Endoscopic transthoracic sympathicotomy; Heart rate variability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HAND PALM; HEAD TILTING; HEART INNERVATION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; RR INTERVAL; SUPINE POSITION; SWEATING; SYMPATHECTOMY; T WAVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPERHIDROSIS; MALE; SYMPATHECTOMY; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX; TILT-TABLE TEST; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032944835     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(98)00309-1     Document Type: Article

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