Heart rate variability and intima media thickness

International Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 201-213

  Eller, Nanna Hurwitz ^a   Malmberg, Birgitta ^b   Bruhn, Peter ^a  

^a HILLERØD HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Heart rate variability; Intima media thickness; Progression; Sympathovagal balance

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DISEASE COURSE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SLEEP;

ADULT; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FIBROMUSCULAR DYSPLASIA; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEDEN; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TUNICA MEDIA; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 33845248235     PISSN: 10705503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327558ijbm1303_3     Document Type: Article

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