Editorial: Device-guided breathing and hypertension: A yet to be determined positioning

Cardiology in Review

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 45-46

  Sica, Domenic A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE LOWERING DEVICE; BODY POSITION; BREATHING RATE; DEVICE; EDITORIAL; EXHALATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; BREATHING; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RELAXATION TRAINING;

BIOFEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGY; BLOOD PRESSURE; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; RELAXATION THERAPY; RESPIRATION;

EID: 79951666267     PISSN: 10615377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CRD.0b013e3181fe2d65     Document Type: Editorial

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