Longitudinal age-related changes in 24-hour total heart beats and premature beats and their relationship in healthy elderly subjects

International Heart Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 549-563

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

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

24 hour total heart beat; Age related change; Atrial premature beat; Healthy elderly subject; Ventricular premature beat

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEART BEAT; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUPRAVENTRICULAR PREMATURE BEAT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATRIAL PREMATURE COMPLEXES; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES;

EID: 33749052121     PISSN: 13492365     EISSN: 13493299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1536/ihj.47.549     Document Type: Article

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