Using the Initial Systolic Time Interval to assess cardiac autonomic nervous function in Parkinson's disease

Journal of Electrical Bioimpedance

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 98-101

  Meijer, Jan H ^a   Elbertse, Eskeline ^a   Boesveldt, Sanne ^a   Berendse, Henk W ^a   Verdaasdonk, Rudolph M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cardiac autonomic nervous function; Impedance cardiography; Initial systolic time interval; Parkinson's disease

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902456280     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18915469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5617/jeb.216     Document Type: Article

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