Evaluation of direct respiratory modulation of the QT interval variability

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 22, Issue 6 I, 1999, Pages 842-848

  Emori, Tetsuro ^a,b   Ohe, Tohru ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b MASONIC MEDICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; QT interval; Spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BREATHING RATE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; QT INTERVAL; R WAVE; RR INTERVAL; SINUS RHYTHM; SPECTROSCOPY; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; T WAVE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; BREATHING MECHANICS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HEART; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE; INNERVATION; INSTRUMENTATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; VAGUS NERVE;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HEART; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0032970589     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1999.tb06806.x     Document Type: Article

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