Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia: Why Does the Heartbeat Synchronize with Respiratory Rhythm?

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Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 683-690

  Yasuma, Fumihiko ^a   Hayano, Jun Ichiro ^b  

^a SUZUKA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hypercapnia; Hypoxia; Pulmonary gas exchange; Respiratory sinus arrhythmia; Respiratory circulatory interactions; Vagal activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN CORTEX; BREATHING; BREATHING MECHANICS; BREATHING PATTERN; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CHEMORECEPTOR REFLEX; CHEYNE STOKES BREATHING; CIRCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOG; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPOXIA; LUNG CAPILLARY; LUNG CIRCULATION; LUNG DEAD SPACE; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; LUNG VENTILATION; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MALE; OSCILLATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; REVIEW; RR INTERVAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; SINUS NODE; TELEMETRY; VAGUS NERVE; VAGUS TONE; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 1242284327     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.125.2.683     Document Type: Article

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