Autonomic dysfunction in unselected and untreated primary open angle glaucoma patients: A pilot study

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 336-341

  Gherghel, Doina ^a,b   Hosking, Sarah Louise ^a,b   Armstrong, Richard ^a   Cunliffe, Ian Andrew ^b  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ambulatory blood pressure measurement; Ambulatory electrocardiography; Autonomic dysfunction; Glaucoma; Heart rate variablity; Silent cardiac ischaemia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILENT MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HEART FUNCTION TESTS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 34250727630     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: 14751313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-1313.2007.00485.x     Document Type: Article

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