Cardiac coherence: A new, noninvasive measure of autonomic nervous system order

Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 52-65

  Tiller, William A ^a   McCraty, Rollin ^b   Atkinson, Mike ^b  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b Institute of HeartMath   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; BREATHING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; HEART RATE; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; VAGUS NERVE;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; HEART RATE; HUMANS; RESPIRATION; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0029686932     PISSN: 10786791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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