24-hour ECG frequency-domain measures in preeclamptic and healthy pregnant women during and after pregnancy

Hypertension in Pregnancy

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-9

  Eneroth, E ^a   Westgren, M ^b   Ericsson, M ^c   Lindblad, L E ^d   Storck, N ^d  

^a STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Autonomic balance; Preeclampsia

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POWER SPECTRUM; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PUERPERIUM; SYMPATHETIC TONE; VAGUS TONE;

EID: 0033034389     PISSN: 10641955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10641959909009606     Document Type: Article

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