Low-frequency fluctuations in heart rate, cardiac output and mean arterial pressure in humans: What are the physiological relationships?

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1327-1336

  Elstad, Maja ^a   Walløe, Lars ^a   Chon, Ki H ^b   Toska, Karin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

blood pressure variability; cardiac output; heart rate variability; phase angles; spectral analysis; stroke volume

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; PROPRANOLOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NERVE BLOCK; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RR INTERVAL; SPECTROSCOPY; SUPINE POSITION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TILTING; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 79958769564     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: 14735598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e328347a17a     Document Type: Article

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