Chagas disease alters the relationship between heart rate variability and daily physical activity

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 257-259

  Sousa, Lidiane ^a,b,c   da Costa Rocha, Manoel Otávio ^c   Britto, Raquel Rodrigues ^a   Lombardi, Federico ^d   Ribeiro, Antonio L ^c  

^a Pesquisa em Desempenho Cardiorrespiratório   (Brazil)

^b CENTRO UNIVERSITÁRIO NEWTON PAIVA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Chagas cardiomyopathy; Heart rate; Lifestyle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DYSAUTONOMIA; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL PHYSICAL ACTIVITY QUESTIONNAIRE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; VAGUS NERVE;

ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CHAGAS CARDIOMYOPATHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY;

EID: 67349165445     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.03.024     Document Type: Article

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