Chronotropic incompetence: Are the carotid arteries to blame?

European Heart Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 897-898

  De Sutter, Johan ^a   Van De Veire, Nico ^a   Elegeert, Ivan ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b AZ Groeninge ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CHRONOTROPISM; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; EXERCISE TEST; HEART FUNCTION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33645467275     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi712     Document Type: Editorial

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