RR variability in healthy, middle-aged persons compared with patients with chronic coronary heart disease or recent acute myocardial infarction

Circulation

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 1995, Pages 1936-1943

  Bigger Jr , J Thomas ^a   Fleiss, Joseph L ^a   Steinman, Richard C ^a   Rolnitzky, Linda M ^a   Schneider, William J ^b   Stein, Phyllis K ^c  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b Morgan Guaranty Trust Co   (United States)

^c BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; electrocardiography; heart rate; nervous system; sinoatrial node; spectrum analysis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX;

EID: 0028951502     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.91.7.1936     Document Type: Article

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