Age-related changes of cardiac parasympathetic modulation after vasovagal syncope

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 977-980

  Lagi, Alfonso ^a   Cencetti, Simone ^a   Fattorini, Lamberto ^a   Tamburini, Carlo ^a  

^a SANTA MARIA ANNUNZIATA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; RR INTERVAL; SYNCOPE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SYNCOPE, VASOVAGAL; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0033026810     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(98)01044-3     Document Type: Article

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