Comments on the letter by Ribeiro et al.: Impairment of parasympathetic-mediated autonomic modulation of the heart in Chagas' cardiomyopathy: Parasympathetic modulation vs. tonus

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 126-127

  Benchimol Barbosa, Paulo R ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chagas' disease; Heart rate variability; Modulation; Tonus; Type 2 muscarinic antibody

Indexed keywords

MUSCARINIC M2 RECEPTOR; PROTEIN ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HEART INNERVATION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; PATHOGENESIS; PRESSORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RR INTERVAL; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CHAGAS CARDIOMYOPATHY; HUMANS; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; RECEPTOR, MUSCARINIC M2;

EID: 67349171821     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.01.019     Document Type: Article

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