QT intervals and heart rate variability in hypertensive patients

Japanese Heart Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 173-182

  Kaftan, Asuman H ^c   Kaftan, Osman ^a,b  

^a PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b FATIH UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Deliklicinar Mäh   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Heart rate variability; Hypertension; Qt intervals

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION;

EID: 0034152730     PISSN: 00214868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1536/jhj.41.173     Document Type: Article

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