The relationship of heart rate variability with severity and prognosis of cirrhosis

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1614-1618

  Ates, Fehmi ^a   Topal, Ergun ^a   Kosar, Feridun ^a   Karincaoglu, Melih ^a   Yildirim, Bulent ^a   Aksoy, Yuksel ^a   Aladag, Murat ^a   Harputluoglu, Murat M M ^a   Demirel, Ulvi ^a   Alan, Hakan ^a   Hilmioglu, Fatih ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Heart rate variability; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33748634398     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-006-9073-9     Document Type: Article

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