Cardiovascular autonomic function testing in asymptomatic T. cruzi carriers: A sensitive method to identify subclinical Chagas' disease

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 93, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 189-195

  Villar, Juan C ^a   León, Hernando ^a   Morillo, Carlos A ^a,b,c  

^a Fund Cardiovasc Oriente C   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD INDUSTRIAL DE SANTANDER   (Colombia)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Baroreceptors; Chagas, disease; Nervous system, autonomic

Indexed keywords

NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PHENYLEPHRINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; BLOOD DONOR; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLD PRESSOR TEST; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; HEALTH STATUS; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERPNEA; MALE; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROLOGY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VAGUS REFLEX; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

EID: 1242264329     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2003.03.002     Document Type: Article

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