How to measure baroreflex sensitivity

Cardiology Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 630-637

  La Rovere, Maria Teresa ^a   Raczak, Grzegorz ^b  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHENYLEPHRINE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; HEART RATE; HUMAN; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PROGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 39149120571     PISSN: 18975593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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