Cardiac repolarization variability in patients with postural tachycardia syndrome during graded head-up tilt

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 405-409

  Baumert, Mathias ^a   Lambert, Elisabeth ^b   Vaddadi, Gautam ^b   Sari, Carolina Ika ^b   Esler, Murray ^b   Lambert, Gavin ^b   Sanders, Prashanthan ^a   Nalivaiko, Eugene ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cardiac repolarization; Postural tachycardia syndrome; QT variability; Sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

NORADRENALIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY SURFACE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEAD TILTING; HEART PALPITATION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; POSTURAL ORTHOSTATIC TACHYCARDIA SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; SYMPATHETIC TONE; SYNCOPE; T WAVE AMPLITUDE; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURAL ORTHOSTATIC TACHYCARDIA SYNDROME; TILT-TABLE TEST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650985864     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2010.06.017     Document Type: Article

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