Hot flashes and cardiac vagal control: A link to cardiovascular risk?

Menopause

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 456-461

  Thurston, Rebecca C ^a,b   Christie, Israel C ^a   Matthews, Karen A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac vagal control; Heart rate variability; Hot flashes; Hot flushes; Menopause; Vasomotor symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLIMACTERIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; RACE; SELF REPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VAGUS TONE;

ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; VAGUS NERVE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 77952265534     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/gme.0b013e3181c7dea7     Document Type: Article

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