Heart rate variability in patients suffering from structural heart disease and decreased AV-nodal conduction capacity: Insights info the formation of heart rate variability

Zeitschrift fur Kardiologie

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 229-233

  Schwab, J O ^a   Eichner, G ^b   Schmitt, H ^c   Schrickel, J ^a   Yang, A ^a   Balta, O ^a   Luderitz B ^a   Lewalter, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Av nodal conduction disturbance; Heart rate variability; Structural heart disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART DISEASE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIODICITY; RR INTERVAL; SINUS NODE CONDUCTION VELOCITY; SINUS RHYTHM; TURBULENT FLOW;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CORONARY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART BLOCK; HEART DISEASES; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SINOATRIAL NODE; STROKE VOLUME; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 1642566173     PISSN: 03005860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00392-004-0050-z     Document Type: Article

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