A prospective report on the prevalence of heart rate and blood pressure abnormalities in veterans with spinal cord injuries

Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 454-462

  Wecht, Jill M ^a,b   Zhu, Carolyn ^b,c   Weir, Joseph P ^c   Yen, Christina ^a   Renzi, Christopher ^a   Galea, Marinella ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic function; Bradycardia; Cardiovascular disease; Hypertension; Hypotension; Paraplegia; Spinal cord injuries; Tachycardia; Tetraplegia; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSREFLEXIA; BODY POSITION; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PARAPLEGIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SUPINE POSITION; SYSTOLIC HYPERTENSION; TACHYCARDIA;

ADULT; AGED; AUTONOMIC DYSREFLEXIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRADYCARDIA; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; HYPOTENSION, ORTHOSTATIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TACHYCARDIA; VETERANS;

EID: 84882891098     PISSN: 10790268     EISSN: 20457723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/2045772313Y.0000000109     Document Type: Article

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