Effects of hyperventilation on heart rate and QT variability in panic disorder pre- and post-treatment

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 29-39

  Sullivan, Gregory M ^a   Kent, Justine M ^a   Kleber, Marc ^a   Martinez, Jose M ^b   Yeragani, Vikram K ^c   Gorman, Jack M ^b  

^a Unit #41 ^*  (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cognitive behavioral therapy; Electrocardiogram; Linear analysis; Sertraline; Spectral analysis; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; BENZODIAZEPINE; SERTRALINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART PROTECTION; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PANIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; QT INTERVAL; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARIANCE;

EID: 1142273311     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2003.10.002     Document Type: Article

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