Improvement of autonomic nervous activity by Waon therapy in patients with chronic heart failure

Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 100-106

  Kuwahata, So ^a   Miyata, Masaaki ^a   Fujita, Shoji ^a   Kubozono, Takuro ^a   Shinsato, Takuro ^a   Ikeda, Yoshiyuki ^a   Hamasaki, Shuichi ^a   Kuwaki, Tomoyuki ^a   Tei, Chuwa ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Heart failure; Waon therapy

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; WAON THERAPY;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CARDIAC OUTPUT; CHRONIC DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; NOREPINEPHRINE; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; STROKE VOLUME; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 78650537915     PISSN: 09145087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jjcc.2010.08.005     Document Type: Article

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