A pilot study on short term heart rate variability & its correlation with disease activity in Indian patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 593-598

  Yadav, Raj Kumar ^a   Gupta, Rajiva ^a   Deepak, Kishore Kumar ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular status; Rheumatoid arthritis; Short term heart rate variability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC INNERVATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INDIAN; MALE; PARASYMPATHETIC TONE; PILOT STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RR INTERVAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPATHETIC TONE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 84869014689     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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