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Epidemiological study on the effect of pre-hypertension and family history of hypertension on cardiac autonomic function.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology - 13 May 2008
Wu Jin-Shang, Lu Feng-Hwa, Yang Yi-Ching, Lin Thy-Sheng, Chen Jia-Jin, Wu Chih-Hsing, Huang Ying-Hsiang, Chang Chih-Jen
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: This study sought to examine the hypothesis that cardiac autonomic function (CAF) is altered in pre-hypertensive subjects and normotensive subjects with a family history of hypertension (FHH). BACKGROUND: The findings on the FHH effect in CAF have been inconsistent, and little is known about altered CAF in pre-hypertensive subjects under The Seventh Report of the Joint National Commission on High...
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