Long-term stability of heart rate variability in chronic stable angina pectoris, and the impact of an acute myocardial infarction

Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 201-208

  Björkander, Inge ^a   Forslund, Lennart ^b   Ericson, Mats ^c   Rehnqvist, Nina ^d,e   Hjemdahl, Paul ^d   Kahan, Thomas ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b MEDICAL PRODUCTS AGENCY   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH SCHOOL OF SPORT AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e Swedish Council on Technology Assessment in Health Care   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Human; Ischaemic heart disease; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

METOPROLOL; METOPROLOL TARTRATE; VERAPAMIL;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HEART INDEX; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; METOPROLOL; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; VERAPAMIL;

EID: 63349085210     PISSN: 14750961     EISSN: 1475097X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-097X.2009.00857.x     Document Type: Article

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