Heart rate variability declines with increasing age and CTG repeat length in patients with myotonic dystrophy type 1

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 227-232

  Hardin, Bradley A ^a   Lowe, Miriam R ^a   Bhakta, Deepak ^a   Groh, William J ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmias; Genetics; Heart rate variability; Myotonic dystrophy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADOLESCENT; AGE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGISTER; STATISTICS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

GUANINE; PYRIMIDINE DIMER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ARRHYTHMIA; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GUANINE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PYRIMIDINE DIMERS; REGISTRIES; STATISTICS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 1542756173     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1542-474X.2003.08310.x     Document Type: Article

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