Human sinus arrhythmia: Inconsistencies of a teleological hypothesis

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 296, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Tzeng, Y C ^a,b   Sin, P Y W ^a   Galletly, D C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Heart rate variability; Pulmonary gas exchange; Respiratory sinus arrhythmia; Vagal modulation; Ventilation perfusion matching

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATHING PATTERN; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART BEAT; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; R WAVE; RESPIRATORY SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; SINUS ARRHYTHMIA;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ARRHYTHMIA, SINUS; CARBON DIOXIDE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149505593     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00716.2008     Document Type: Article

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