Sympathetic overactivity and arrhythmias in tetanus: Electrocardiographic analysis

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-22

  Henriques Filho, Gustavo Trindade ^a   Lacerda, Heloisa Ramos ^b,d   Albuquerque, Afonso ^a   Ximenes, Ricardo Arraes De Alencar ^c  

^a Hospital Universitario Oswaldo Cruz   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^d NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Arrhythmias; Cardiovascular system; Sympathetic overactivity; Tetanus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; SUPRAVENTRICULAR PREMATURE BEAT; SYMPATHETIC TONE; TETANUS;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TETANUS;

EID: 33947506702     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: 16789946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652007000100004     Document Type: Article

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