Cardiac repolarization and autonomic regulation during short-term cold exposure in hypertensive men: an experimental study.

Cardiac repolarization and autonomic regulation during short-term cold exposure in hypertensive men: an experimental study.

The aim of our study was to assess the effect of short-term cold exposure, typical in subarctic climate, on cardiac electrical function among untreated middle-aged hypertensive men.We conducted a population-based recruitment of 51 hypertensive men and a control group of 32 men without hypertension (...

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Main Authors: Heidi Hintsala, Tuomas V Kenttä, Mikko Tulppo, Antti Kiviniemi, Heikki V Huikuri, Matti Mäntysaari, Sirkka Keinänen-Kiukaannemi, Risto Bloigu, Karl-Heinz Herzig, Riitta Antikainen, Hannu Rintamäki, Jouni J K Jaakkola, Tiina M Ikäheimo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4077657?pdf=render

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