Altered short term heart rate variability with spinal cord stimulation in chronic refractory angina: Evidence for the presence of procedure related cardiac sympathetic blockade

Heart

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 211-212

  Moore, R ^a,e   Groves, D ^a   Nolan, J ^b   Scutt, D ^c   Pumprla, J ^d   Chester, M R ^a  

^a CTC   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^e LIVERPOOL HEART AND CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EVALUATION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; STUDENT T TEST; SYMPATHETIC BLOCKING;

EID: 0742307445     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2002.002998     Document Type: Article

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