Heart rate and blood pressure variability in subjects with vasovagal syncope

Clinical Science

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 55-61

  Piccirillo, Gianfranco ^a   Naso, Camilla ^a   Moisè, Antonio ^a   Lionetti, Marco ^a   Nocco, Marialuce ^a   Di Carlo, Silvia ^a   De Laurentis, Tiziana ^a   Magrì, Damiano ^a   Cacciafesta, Mauro ^a   Marigliano, Vincenzo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Heart rate; Spectral analysis; Vasovagal syncope

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREATHING RATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD TILTING; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MODULATION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATION CONTROL; REST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROSCOPY; SYNCOPE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SYNCOPE, VASOVAGAL; TILT-TABLE TEST;

EID: 3142704218     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/CS20030327     Document Type: Article

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