Effect of early bereavement on heart rate and heart rate variability

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 110, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1378-1383

  Buckley, Thomas ^a,b   Stannard, Angela ^c   Bartrop, Roger ^a,b   McKinley, Sharon ^d   Ward, Christopher ^a,b   Mihailidou, Anastasia Susie ^a,b   Morel Kopp, Marie Christie ^a,b   Spinaze, Monica ^b   Tofler, Geoffrey ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c North Shore Private Hospital   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM; SUPRAVENTRICULAR PREMATURE BEAT; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEREAVEMENT; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TACHYCARDIA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84867404904     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: 18791913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2012.06.045     Document Type: Article

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