Cardiac autonomic function and oesophageal acid sensitivity in patients with non-cardiac chest pain

Gut

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 706-712

  Tougas, G ^a   Spaziani, R ^a   Hollerbach, S ^a   Djuric, V ^b   Pang, C ^b   Upton, A R M ^b   Fallen, E L ^b   Kamath, M V ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acid reflux; Autonomic nervous system; Heart rate variability; Non cardiac chest pain; Power spectrum analysis; Reflux disease; Sympathetic activity; Vagal response

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESOPHAGUS PH; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; SPECTROSCOPY; SYMPATHETIC TONE; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHEST PAIN; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0034771046     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.49.5.706     Document Type: Article

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