Evidence of parasympathetic impairment in some patients with cardiac syndrome X

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 208-216

  Gulli, Giosuè ^a   Cemin, Roberto ^a   Pancera, Paolo ^b   Menegatti, Giuliana ^a   Vassanelli, Corrado ^c   Cevese, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b Civic Hospital   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Coronary disease; Heart rate (variability); Microcirculation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINGER; HEAD TILTING; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; PARASYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RR INTERVAL; SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; SPECTROSCOPY; SUPINE POSITION; SYNDROME X; THORAX PAIN; TILT TABLE TEST; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROVASCULAR ANGINA; MIDDLE AGED; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHOTOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TILT-TABLE TEST;

EID: 0034771924     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-6363(01)00369-8     Document Type: Article

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