Autonomic dysfunction and anti-M2 and anti- β1 receptor antibodies in chagas disease patients

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 732-739

  Thiers, Clarissa Antunes ^a   Barbosa, João Luis ^a   Pereira, Basílio de Bragança ^a   do Nascimento, Emília Matos ^a   do Nascimento, José Hamilton ^a   Medei, Emiliano Horácio ^a   Pedrosa, Roberto Coury ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Autonomic denervation; Chagas disease

Indexed keywords

BETA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC M2 RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART INJURY; HUMAN; ISOLATED HEART; MALE; PARASYMPATHETIC TONE; RESPIRATORY SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHAGAS DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA-1; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; REFERENCE VALUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866137183     PISSN: 0066782X     EISSN: 16784170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0066-782X2012005000067     Document Type: Article

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