Can cardiac vagal tone be estimated from the 10-second ECG?

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 109-115

  Hamilton, Ruth M ^a   Mckechnie, Peter S ^a   Macfarlane, Peter W ^a  

^a GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

10 s ECG; Cardiac vagal tone; Heart rate variability; NeuroScope

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGUS TONE;

ADULT; AGED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; STATISTICS;

EID: 2442662543     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2003.07.005     Document Type: Article

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