Chronotropic response to exercise testing is associated with carotid atherosclerosis in healthy middle-aged men

European Heart Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 954-959

  Sae, Young Jae ^a   Fernhall, Bo ^a   Heffernan, Kevin S ^a   Kang, Mira ^b   Lee, Moon Kyu ^b   Choi, Yoon Ho ^b   Won, Hah Park ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid; Chronotropic incompetence; Exercise testing; Heart rate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; B SCAN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CHRONOTROPISM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXERCISE TEST; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ARRHYTHMIA; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; EXERCISE TEST; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33645471526     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi832     Document Type: Article

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