Normalization of autonomic function in children with coarctation of the aorta after surgical correction in infancy

Hypertension

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Kenny, Damien ^a   Polson, Jaimie W ^b   Martin, Robin P ^a   Paton, Julian F R ^b   Wolf, Andrew R ^a  

^a BRISTOL ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA COARCTATION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANT; LETTER; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART RATE; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AORTIC COARCTATION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BAROREFLEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE;

EID: 70349246633     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.109.136481     Document Type: Letter

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