Effects of psychologic stress on repolarization and relationship to autonomic and hemodynamic factors

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 372-377

  Lampert, Rachel ^a   Shusterman, Vladimir ^b   Burg, Matthew M ^a,c   Lee, Forrester A ^a   Earley, Christine ^a   Goldberg, Anna ^b   Mcpherson, Craig A ^a   Batsford, William P ^a   Soufer, Robert ^a,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Catecholamines; Repolarization; Stress; T wave alternans; Ventricular arrhythmia

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CATECHOLAMINE; NORADRENALIN;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ANGER; ARITHMETIC; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC INNERVATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; CATECHOLAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART INNERVATION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART RATE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; T WAVE; TIME;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; CATECHOLAMINES; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 17044370867     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2005.40580.x     Document Type: Article

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