Autonomic cardiovascular regulation in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea: A study based on spectral analysis of heart rate variability

Clinical Physiology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 234-241

  Wiklund, U ^a   Olofsson, B O ^a   Franklin, K ^a   Blom, H ^a   Bjerle, P ^a   Niklasson, U ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Heart rate variability; Parasympathetic function; Sleep apnoea; Spectral analysis; Sympathetic function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CARDIOVASCULAR AUTOREGULATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; SPECTROSCOPY; SUPINE POSITION; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; POSTURE; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0034065207     PISSN: 01445979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2281.2000.00251.x     Document Type: Article

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