Enhanced parasympathetic activity in Chagas disease still stands in need of proof

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 406-408

  Ribeiro, Antonio Luiz P ^a   de Carvalho, Antonio Carlos Campos ^b   Lombardi, Federico ^c   Teixeira, Mauro Martins ^a   Rocha, Manoel Otávio Costa ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Chagas disease; Heart rate variability

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; MUSCARINIC M2 RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC TONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS NODE;

CHAGAS DISEASE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 67449147044     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.03.030     Document Type: Article

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