Validation of spontaneous assessment of baroreceptor reflex sensitivity and its relation to heart rate variability in the ovine fetus pre- and near-term

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 87, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 736-742

  Frasch, Martin G ^a,b   Müller, Thomas ^b   Szynkaruk, Mark ^a   Schwab, Matthias ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Baroreflex sensitivity; RMSSD; Sequence method; Spectral method

Indexed keywords

NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PHENYLEPHRINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EWE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHEEP; VAGUS REFLEX;

ANIMALS; BAROREFLEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; FETAL MONITORING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART RATE, FETAL; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SHEEP; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 70349295839     PISSN: 00084212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Y09-070     Document Type: Article

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