REM-related bradyarrhythmia syndrome

Sleep Medicine Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 143-151

  Holty, Jon Erik C ^a   Guilleminault, Christian ^b  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Cardiac arrhythmias; Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep; Sleep disorders

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; AMITRIPTYLINE; ATROPINE; GLYCOPYRRONIUM BROMIDE; PROTRIPTYLINE;

AROUSAL; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRADYCARDIA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HEART RATE; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; PACEMAKER; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; REM SLEEP; REM SLEEP RELATED ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; REM SLEEP RELATED BRADYARRHYTHMIA; REM SLEEP RELATED SINUS ARREST; REVIEW; SINUS ARREST; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SYMPATHETIC TONE; SYNCOPE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VAGUS TONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; HEART; HEART ARREST; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; SINUS ARREST, CARDIAC; SLEEP, REM; SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955034392     PISSN: 10870792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smrv.2010.09.001     Document Type: Review

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