The assessment of autonomic function in chronic atrial fibrillation: Description of a non-invasive technique based on circadian rhythm of atrioventricular nodal functional refractory periods

Europace

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 927-934

  Khand, Aleem U ^a   Rankin, Andrew C ^b   Cleland, John G F ^a   Gemmell, Islay ^b   Clark, Elaine ^b   Macfarlane, Peter W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Autonomic function; Heart failure; Heart rate variability

Indexed keywords

DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FUROSEMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHRONIC DISEASE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QRS COMPLEX; REFRACTORY PERIOD; RR INTERVAL; SINUS RHYTHM; SUDDEN DEATH; SYMPTOM; WALKING;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REFRACTORY PERIOD, ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33750369381     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eul111     Document Type: Article

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