Heart rate variability in patients with recurrent syncope

Archives of Medical Science

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 268-273

  Lelonek, Małgorzata ^a,b   Goch, Jan Henryk ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^b Department of Cardiology ^*  (Poland)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Heart rate variability; Syncope

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEAD POSITION; HEAD TILTING; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPECTROSCOPY; SYMPATHETIC TONE; SYNCOPE;

EID: 33846312868     PISSN: 17341922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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