Vagal impairment in elderly Chagas disease patients: A population-based study (The Bambuí Study)

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 359-365

  Ribeiro, Antonio Luiz P ^a   Cassini, Paula ^a   Peixoto, Sergio Viana ^b,c   Lima Costa, Maria Fernanda ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Chagas disease; Elderly; Electrocardiography; Sinus arrhythmia

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT ANTERIOR BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT POSTERIOR BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXIMAL EXPIRATORY FLOW; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BRAZIL; CHAGAS DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; VAGUS NERVE DISEASES;

EID: 79952488703     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2009.10.002     Document Type: Article

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