Is heart rate variability the simple solution to diagnose sleep apnoea?

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 870-871

  Penzel, T ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRADYCARDIA; BREATHING PATTERN; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EDITORIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT POSITIONING; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; SYMPATHETIC TONE; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 0347382624     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.03.00102003     Document Type: Editorial

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