Myocardial sympathetic innervation in the athlete's sinus bradycardia: Is there selective inferior myocardial wall denervation?

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 354-358

  Estorch, Montserrat ^a   Serra Grima, Ricard ^a   Flotats, Albert ^a   Marí, Carina ^a   Bernà, Lluís ^a   Catafau, Ana ^a   Martín, Joan Carles ^a   Tembl, Ana ^a   Narula, Jagat ^b   Carrió, Ignasi ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^b HAHNEMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Athlete; Iodine 123 metaiodobenzylguanidine; Iodine 123 metaiodobenzylguanidine scintigraphy; Sinus bradycardia; Vagal tone

Indexed keywords

(3 IODOBENZYL)GUANIDINE I 123;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CHRONOTROPISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEART DENERVATION; HEART INNERVATION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTIANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SINUS BRADYCARDIA; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; TRAINING; VAGUS TONE;

EID: 0033846046     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mnc.2000.105550     Document Type: Article

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