Electrocardiographic criteria for vagotonia - Validation with pharmacological parasympathetic blockade in healthy subjects

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 87, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 231-236

  Lazzoli, José Kawazoe ^a   Da Silva Soares, Pedro Paulo ^a   Da Nóbrega, Antonio Claudio Lucas ^a   De Araújo, Claudio Gil Soares ^a,b  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b Clinica de Medicina do Exercicio   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atropine sulfate; Electrocardiography; Parasympathetic blockade; Vagotonia

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART MUSCLE TENSION; HUMAN; INFUSION; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; NORMAL HUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; R WAVE; RR INTERVAL; T WAVE; TIME; VAGUS TONE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; ATROPINE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARASYMPATHECTOMY; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0037306509     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5273(02)00330-3     Document Type: Article

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