Effects of anxiety on QT dispersion in healthy young men

Acta Cardiologica

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 83-87

  Uyarel, Huseyin ^a,c   Okmen, Ertan ^a   Cobanoǧlu, Necati ^b   Karabulut, Ahmet ^a   Cam, Nese ^a  

^a DR SIYAMI ERSEK THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b Girne Military Hospital   (Cyprus)

^c Dumlupinar Mah   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Autonomic nervous system; ECG; QT dispersion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; QT DISPERSION; QT INTERVAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; SUDDEN DEATH; SYMPATHETIC TONE; VAGUS TONE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 32044472556     PISSN: 00015385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2143/AC.61.1.2005144     Document Type: Article

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