Parasympathetic failure and risk of subsequent coronary events in unstable angina and non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction

European Heart Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 17, 2003, Pages 1560-1566

  Manfrini, Olivia ^a   Pizzi, Carmine ^a   Trerè, Davide ^a   Fontana, Fiorella ^a   Bugiardini, Raffaele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Heart rate variability; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; NITRATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SYMPATHETIC TONE; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; VAGUS TONE;

ANGINA, UNSTABLE; ARRHYTHMIA; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CORONARY CARE UNITS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0042011525     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0195-668X(03)00345-2     Document Type: Article

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