Gradual recovery of impaired cardiac autonomic balance within first six months after ischemic cerebral stroke

Acta Neurologica Belgica

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 39-42

  Lakusic, Nenad ^a   Mahovic, Darija ^b   Babic, Tomislav ^b  

^a Hospital for Medical Rehabilitation Krapinske Toplice   (Croatia)

^b KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Cerebral stroke; Heart rate; Ischemic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QRS COMPLEX; RR INTERVAL; SINUS RHYTHM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE;

EID: 17444421540     PISSN: 03009009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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