Long-term effects of cardiac resynchronization therapy on heart rate and heart rate variability

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 209, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 337-346

  Akyol, Ahmet ^a,c   Alper, Ahmet T ^a   Cakmak, Nazmiye ^a   Hasdemir, Hakan ^a   Eksik, Abdurrahman ^a   Oguz, Enis ^b   Erdinler, Izzet ^a   Ulufer, F Tanju ^a   Gurkan, Kadir ^a  

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

^b Anadolu Saglik Merkezi Hospital   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Biventricular pacing; Congestive heart failure; Heart rate variability

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; AMIODARONE; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGITALIS; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE DP-DT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART VENTRICLE FILLING; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MALE; PROGNOSIS; QRS COMPLEX; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RR INTERVAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33746657552     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.209.337     Document Type: Article

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