Relation between pet ownership and heart rate variability in patients with healed myocardial infarcts

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 718-721

  Friedmann, Erika ^a   Thomas, Sue A ^b   Stein, Phyllis K ^b   Kleiger, Robert E ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALING; HEART AUTOMATICITY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PARASYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RR INTERVAL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS; SURVIVAL; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION;

EID: 0037443568     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(02)03412-4     Document Type: Article

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