Autonomic tone variations before the onset of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

Circulation

Volumn 105, Issue 23, 2002, Pages 2753-2759

  Bettoni, Marco ^a   Zimmermann, Marc ^a  

^a LA TOUR HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fibrillation; Heart rate; Nervous system, autonomic

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC ACTIVITY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART DISEASE; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; KINETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0037062699     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000018443.44005.D8     Document Type: Article

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