Sympathetic disturbances increase risk of sudden cardiac arrest in sporadic ALS

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 254, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 78-83

  Asai, Hirohide ^a   Hirano, Makito ^a   Udaka, Fukashi ^b   Shimada, Keiji ^a   Oda, Masaya ^b   Kubori, Tamotsu ^b   Nishinaka, Kazuto ^b   Tsujimura, Takahiro ^b   Izumi, Yuishin ^c   Konishi, Noboru ^a   Matsumoto, Sadayuki ^d   Kameyama, Masakuni ^b   Ueno, Satoshi ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SUMITOMO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^d Kitano Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Intermediolateral nucleus; QTc dispersion; QTc intervals; Sudden cardiac arrest; Sympathetic disturbances

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT DISPERSION; QT INTERVAL; QT PROLONGATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD; SYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL CORD; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 33847347317     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2007.01.007     Document Type: Article

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