Decreased heart rate variability predicts death in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 341-345

  Pinto, Susana ^a   Pinto, Anabela ^a,b   De Carvalho, Mamede ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Autonomic nervous system; Heart rate variability; Mortality; Nocturnal oximetry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NIGHT SLEEP; NOCTURNAL PULSE OXIMETRY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULSE OXIMETRY; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; DEATH, SUDDEN; DIAPHRAGM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIMETRY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84865343849     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.23313     Document Type: Article

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