Heart rate variability in children with idiopathic ventricular tachycardia

Clinical Autonomic Research

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 153-159

  Bjelakovic, Bojko ^a   Vukomanovic, Goran ^b   Vukomanovic, Vladislav ^c   Pejcic, Ljiljana ^a   Saranac, Ljiljana ^a   Bjelakovic, Ljiljana ^a   Dimitrijevic, Lidija ^a  

^a Clinical Center Nis

^b UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Serbia)

^c Mother and Child Health Institute

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Heart rate; Tachycardia; Variability; Ventricular

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MALE; NORMAL VALUE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES;

EID: 34447100308     PISSN: 09599851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10286-007-0416-1     Document Type: Article

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