Heart rate variability after heart transplantation: A 10-year longitudinal follow-up study

Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 220-224

  Cornelissen, Véronique A ^a   Vanhaecke, Johan ^b   Aubert, André E ^c   Fagard, Robert H ^a  

^a KU LEUVEN DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Heart rate variability; Re innervation; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; RR INTERVAL; SINUS NODE; SPECTROSCOPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SINOATRIAL NODE;

EID: 84857450400     PISSN: 09145087     EISSN: 18764738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jjcc.2011.12.002     Document Type: Article

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