Parasympathetic-mediated atrial fibrillation during tilt test associated with increased baroreflex sensitivity

Europace

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 349-351

  de Castro, Renata Rodrigues Teixeira ^a   Mesquita, Evandro Tinoco ^a,b   de Nobrega, Antonio Claudio Lucas ^a,b,c  

^a HOSPITAL PRÓ CARDÍACO   (Brazil)

^b FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Autonomic nervous system; Baroreflex sensitivity; Syncope; Tilt table test

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; PALLOR; PHOTOELECTRIC PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; SINUS RHYTHM; SUPINE POSITION; SWEATING; SYNCOPE; TILTING;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BAROREFLEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; SYNCOPE, VASOVAGAL; TILT-TABLE TEST;

EID: 33745342578     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eul024     Document Type: Article

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