Autonomic Modulation of the Heart in Systemic Arterial Hypertension

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the heart rate variability in patients with mild to moderate systemic arterial hypertension. METHODS: Thirty-two healthy (group I) and 70 systemic arterial hypertensive (group II) individuals, divided according to age (40 to 59 and 60 to 80 years old, respectively) and with a s...

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Main Authors: José Barbosa Filho, P. R. Benchimol-Barbosa, Ivan Cordovil
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC) 2002-02-01
Series:Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0066-782X2002000200007