Distinctive impaired cardiac autonomic modulation of heart rate variability in chronic Chagas' indeterminate and heart diseases

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 281-289

  Vasconcelos, Daniel França ^a,b,c   Junqueira Jr , Luiz Fernando ^a,b,c  

^a Faculty of Medicine   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITÁRIO DE BRASÍLIA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cardiac autonomic dysfunction; Chagas' heart disease; Chagas' indeterminate disease; Heart rate variability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEART DISEASE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; PARASYMPATHETIC TONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDING; SUPINE POSITION; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CHAGAS CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 65049092088     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2008.10.007     Document Type: Article

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