Teaching cardiac autonomic function dynamics employing the Valsalva (Valsalva-Weber) maneuver

American Journal of Physiology - Advances in Physiology Education

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 100-106

  Junqueira Jr , Luiz Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Baroreflex heart rate control; Cardiac autonomic function testing; Sympathetic and parasympathetic cardiac modulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 40749124415     PISSN: 10434046     EISSN: 15221229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/advan.00057.2007     Document Type: Article

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