Higher postural heart rate increments on head-up tilt correlate with younger age but not orthostatic symptoms

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 525-528

  Ives, Colleen T ^a   Kimpinski, Kurt ^a,b  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Autonomic nervous system diseases; Diagnosis; Orthostatic intolerance; Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; BODY POSTURE; DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEAD; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOSTATIC INTOLERANCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTURAL ORTHOSTATIC TACHYCARDIA SYNDROME; TILT TABLE TEST; YOUNG ADULT;

AGING; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS; ORTHOSTATIC INTOLERANCE; POSTURAL ORTHOSTATIC TACHYCARDIA SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; HEAD; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOSTATIC INTOLERANCE; POSTURAL ORTHOSTATIC TACHYCARDIA SYNDROME; POSTURE; TILT-TABLE TEST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882667140     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00292.2013     Document Type: Article

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