The QT variability index and cardiac autonomic modulation: Perspectives from apparently healthy men with spinal cord injury

Cardiology

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 253-259

  La Fountaine, Michael F ^a,b   Wecht, Jill M ^a,b   Rosado Rivera, Dwindally ^a   Cirnigliaro, Christopher M ^a   Spungen, Ann M ^a,b   Bauman, William A ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; QT interval; QT variability; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BREATHING RATE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; QT VARIABILITY INDEX; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SYMPATHETIC NERVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 78651567105     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000323337     Document Type: Article

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