Effect of yoga therapy on heart rate, blood pressure and cardiac autonomic function in heart failure

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 14-16

  Hari Krishna, Bandi ^a   Pal, Pravati ^a   Pal, G K ^a   Balachander, J ^a   Jayasettiaseelon, E ^a   Sreekanth, Y ^a   Sridhar, M G ^a   Gaur, G S ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Cardiac failure; Heart rate variability; Yoga

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASYMPATHETIC FUNCTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATE PRESSURE PRODUCT; SYMPATHETIC FUNCTION; YOGA;

EID: 84892719024     PISSN: 2249782X     EISSN: 0973709X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2014/7844.3983     Document Type: Article

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