Influence of age on linear and nonlinear measures of autonomic cardiovascular modulation

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 165-174

  Boettger, Michael K ^a   Schulz, Steffen ^b   Berger, Sandy ^a   Tancer, Manuel ^c   Yeragani, Vikram K ^c,d   Voss, Andreas ^b   Bär, Karl Jürgen ^a,e  

^a JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES JENA   (Germany)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age; Baroreflex; Gender; Healthy; Heart rate variability; Human; Lifestyle; QT interval

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LINEAR SYSTEM; MALE; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; SYMPATHETIC FUNCTION; TACHYCARDIA; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD PRESSURE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; LIFESTYLE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BAROREFLEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649272810     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: 1542474X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-474X.2010.00358.x     Document Type: Article

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