Sympathetic activity, assessed by power spectral analysis of heart rate variability, in white-coat, masked and sustained hypertension versus true normotension

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2280-2285

  Fagard, Robert H ^a,g   Stolarz, Katarzyna ^b   Kuznetsova, Tatiana ^a,c   Seidlerova, Jitka ^a,d   Tikhonoff, Valérie ^e   Grodzicki, Tomasz ^b   Nikitin, Yuri ^c   Filipovsky, Jan ^d   Peleska, Jan ^f   Casiglia, Edoardo ^e   Thijs, Lutgarde ^a   Staessen, Jan A ^a   Kawecka Jaszcz, Kalina ^b  

^a KU LEUVEN DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c Institute of Internal and Preventive Medicine   (Russian Federation)

^d CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^f CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Heart rate variability; Masked hypertension; Power spectral analysis; Sympathetic activity; White coat hypertension

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BREATHING RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY; STANDING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUPINE POSITION; SYMPATHETIC TONE; WHITE COAT HYPERTENSION;

EID: 35148830775     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e3282efc1fe     Document Type: Article

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