C-reactive protein modulates vagal heart rate control in patients with coronary artery disease

Clinical Science

Volumn 112, Issue 7-8, 2007, Pages 449-456

  Nolan, Robert P ^a   Reid, Graham J ^a,b   Seidelin, Peter H ^a   Lau, Herbert K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behavioural relaxation; C reactive protein (CRP); Cardiovascular disease; Heart rate variability; Inflammation; Stress

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROIMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; VAGUS TONE;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RELAXATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 34247136353     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/CS20060132     Document Type: Article

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