Beat-to-beat heart rate and QT variability in patients with congestive cardiac failure: Blunted response to orthostatic challenge

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 323-329

  Desai, Nagaraj ^a   Raghunandan, D S ^a   Mallavarapu, Mallika ^b   Berger, Ronald D ^c   Yeragani, Vikram K ^d  

^a M S RAMAIAH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Baroreflex; Cardiac mortality; Congestive heart failure; Heart rate variability; Posture; QT variability; Sympathetic; Vagal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BREATHING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; SPECTROSCOPY; STANDING; SUPINE POSITION; SYMPATHETIC TONE; VAGUS REFLEX;

EID: 9144243617     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-474X.2004.94559.x     Document Type: Article

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