Association between carotid intima media thickness and heart rate variability in adults at increased cardiovascular risk

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 8, Issue APR, 2017, Pages

  Pereira, Valter L ^a,b,c   Dobre, Mirela ^d   dos Santos, Sandra G ^c   Fuzatti, Juliana S ^c   Oliveira, Carlos R ^a   Campos, Luciana A ^a   Brateanu, Andrei ^e   Baltatu, Ovidiu C ^a  

^a ANHEMBI MORUMBI UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b Heart Institute of Santa Casa Charity (IACOR)   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE CAMILO CASTELO BRANCO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^e LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cardiovagal; Carotid; Deep breathing test; Heart rate heart rate variability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DUPLEX DOPPLER ULTRASONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; WAIST HIP RATIO;

EID: 85018760941     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2017.00248     Document Type: Article

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