Heart rate variability in children with exercise-induced idiopathic ventricular arrhythmias

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 188-194

  Bjelakovic, Bojko ^a   Ilic, Stevan ^b   Chouliaras, Konstantinos ^c   Milovanovic, Branislav ^d   Vukomanovic, Vladislav ^e   Bojic, Tijana ^f   Bjelakovic, Ljiljana ^a   Zaharov, Tatjana ^g  

^a Clinical Center   (Serbia)

^b Institute for Treatment and Rehabilitation   (Serbia)

^c CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d University Clinical Center   (Serbia)

^e Mother and Child Health Institute Belgrade rs   (Serbia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^g Naestved University Hospital   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Exercise; Heart rate variability; Ventricular arrhythmia

Indexed keywords

METOPROLOL; PROPRANOLOL; SOTALOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART INNERVATION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INFANT; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PARASYMPATHETIC TONE; SYMPATHETIC TONE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES;

EID: 77952299112     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-009-9582-3     Document Type: Article

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