Effects of nitroglycerin treatment on cardiac autonomic control in heart failure

Clinical Autonomic Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 9-14

  Buch, Ashesh N ^a   Chowdhary, Saqib ^a   Coote, John H ^b   Townend, Jonathan N ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autonomic; Chronic heart failure; Heart rate variability; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEART AUTOMATICITY; HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADULT; AGED; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIAC OUTPUT, LOW; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; NITROGLYCERIN; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 1842608737     PISSN: 09599851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10286-004-0143-9     Document Type: Article

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