Cardiac autonomic dysfunction in patients with systemic lupus, rheumatoid arthritis and sudden death risk
Author(s) -
Branislav Milovanović,
Ljudmila Stojanović,
Nebojša Milićević,
Karin Vasić,
Bojko Bjelaković,
Mirjana Krotin
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
srpski arhiv za celokupno lekarstvo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.135
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 2406-0895
pISSN - 0370-8179
DOI - 10.2298/sarh1002026m
Subject(s) - medicine , heart rate variability , cardiology , blood pressure , heart rate , valsalva maneuver , autonomic nervous system , rheumatoid arthritis , sudden death , qt interval , electrocardiography , sudden cardiac death
The manifestations of autonomic nervous system (ANS) dysfunction in autoimmune diseases have been the subject of many studies. However, the published results pertaining to such research are controversial. Sudden cardiac death due to fatal arrhythmias is frequent in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
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