Sympathovagal balance analysis in idiopathic postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome

Acta Biomedica de l'Ateneo Parmense

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Russo, Vincenzo ^a   De Crescenzo, Ilaria ^a   Ammendola, Ernesto ^a   Santangelo, Lucio ^a   Calabrò, Raffaele ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Head up tilt test; Heart rate variability (HRV); Postural orthostatic tachycardia sindrome (POTS); Sympathovagal balance

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK ANXIETY INVENTORY; CASE REPORT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEAD TILTING; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; MALE; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; SPECTROSCOPY;

ADULT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURE; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; SYNDROME; TACHYCARDIA; TILT-TABLE TEST; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 36249015532     PISSN: 03924203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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