Increased QT variability in patients with panic disorder and depression

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 225-235

  Yeragani, Vikram K ^a,b,c,d   Pohl, Robert ^a   Jampala, V C ^a   Balon, Richard ^a   Ramesh, C ^a   Srinivasan, K ^d  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Autonomic; Cardiovascular mortality; Depression; Heart rate variability; Normal controls; Panic disorder; QT variability; Respiration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PANIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; STANDING; SUDDEN DEATH; SUPINE POSITION;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANIC DISORDER; POSTURE; RISK FACTORS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0034630101     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1781(00)00119-0     Document Type: Article

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