Long-term follow-up of the circadian rhythm of heart rate and heart rate variability in healthy elderly patients

Circulation Journal

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 889-895

  Tasaki, Hirofumi ^a   Serita, Takumi ^a   Ueyama, Chiaki ^a   Kitano, Kouei ^a   Seto, Shinji ^a   Yano, Katsusuke ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age related change; Autonomic nervous activity; Circadian rhythm; Healthy elderly patients; Heart rate variability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RR INTERVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33745555488     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.70.889     Document Type: Article

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