Chagas disease: Impaired vagal modulation has been demonstrated, enhanced parasympathetic activity remains to be proved

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 330-332

  Ribeiro, Antonio Luiz P ^a   Campos de Carvalho, Antonio Carlos ^b   Martins Teixeira, Mauro ^a   Lombardi, Federico ^c   Costa Rocha, Manoel Otávio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Chagas disease; Heart rate variability

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; MUSCARINIC M2 RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; CHRONICITY; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; VAGUS NERVE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 37449024712     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.08.015     Document Type: Article

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