Reliability of heart rate variability measurements in patients with a history of myocardial infarction

Clinical Science

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 195-201

  Maestri, Roberto ^a   Raczak, Grzegorz ^b   Danilowicz Szymanowicz, Ludmila ^b   Torunski, Antoni ^b   Sukiennik, Adam ^c   Kubica, Jacek ^c   La Rovere, Maria Teresa ^a   Pinna, Gian Domenico ^a  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

^c NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Heart rate variability; Myocardial infarction; Paced breathing; Repeatability; Reproducibility; Sample size

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CODING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RELIABILITY;

FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATION; RISK;

EID: 70549090960     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/CS20090183     Document Type: Article

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