Analysis of heart rate variability five minutes before the onset of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 743-749

  Fioranelli, Massimo ^a   Piccoli, M ^b   Mileto, G M ^a   Sgreccia, F ^a   Azzolini, P ^a   Risa, M P ^a   Francardelli, R L ^b   Venturini, E ^b   Puglisi, A ^a  

^a FATEBENEFRATELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Center of Cardiovascular Diseases   (Italy)

Author keywords

24 hour Holter monitoring; Atrial fibrillation; Heart rate variability; Sympathetic and vagal modulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MALE; SYMPATHETIC TONE; VAGUS TONE;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TACHYCARDIA, PAROXYSMAL; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0033022567     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1999.tb00538.x     Document Type: Article

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