Brain-heart interactions and cardiac ventricular arrhythmias

Netherlands Heart Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 78-81

  Taggart, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrhythmias. brain. autonomics

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVE; BRAIN STEM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEART DEATH; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; ION TRANSPORT; ISCHEMIA; LONG QT SYNDROME; MECHANORECEPTOR; NONHUMAN; REPOLARIZATION;

EID: 84875134069     PISSN: 15685888     EISSN: 18766250     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12471-012-0365-8     Document Type: Article

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