Autonomic nervous system dysfunction in advanced systolic heart failure.
Summary of "Autonomic nervous system dysfunction in advanced systolic heart failure."
An alteration of the autonomic nervous system has been described in heart failure (HF). The aim of this study was to assess, compare and relate the impairment of both arms of the autonomic nervous systems, the sympathetic and parasympathetic (SNS and PNS) in a same group of patients.
Affiliation
Heart Failure and Transplantation Unit, Cardiology Department, Hospital Universitario La Fe, Valencia, Spain.
Journal Details
This article was published in the following journal.
Name: International journal of cardiology
ISSN: 1874-1754
Pages: 83-7
Links
- PubMed Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20674995
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2010.07.010
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