Article
Heritability of ambulatory heart rate variability.
Circulation - 2 Nov 2004
Kupper Nina H M, Willemsen Gonneke, van den Berg Mireille, de Boer Dolf, Posthuma Daniëlle, Boomsma Dorret I, de Geus Eco J C
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BACKGROUND: Reduced heart rate variability (HRV) is a prognostic factor for cardiac disease and cardiac mortality. Understanding the sources of individual differences in HRV may increase its diagnostic use and provide new angles for preventive therapy. To date, the contribution of genetic and environmental factors to the variance in HRV has not been investigated during prolonged periods of ambulatory monitoring...
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