An introduction to heart rate variability: Methodological considerations and clinical applications

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 6, Issue FEB, 2015, Pages

  Billman, George E ^a   Huikuri, Heikki V ^b   Sacha, Jerzy ^c   Trimmel, Karin ^d  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c Regional Medical Center   (Poland)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Cardiovascular disease; Heart rate; Heart rate dynamics; Heart rate variability; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; EDITORIAL; EXERCISE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RATE; HEART RATE TURBULENCE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART REHABILITATION; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PARASYMPATHETIC FUNCTION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SUDDEN DEATH; SYMPATHETIC FUNCTION;

EID: 84926513228     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2015.00055     Document Type: Editorial

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