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Familial and genetic influences on heart rate variability.
Journal of electrocardiology - 1 Jan 1996
Voss A, Busjahn A, Wessel N, Schurath R, Faulhaber H D, Luft F C, Dietz R
Abstract excerpt
The authors tested the hypothesis of a genetic influence on heart rate variability (HRV). This genetic influence was assessed in 62, twin pairs (30 monozygotic, 32 dizygotic). From all twins, long-term electrocardiographic records were obtained, edited, and analyzed. Heart rate variability analysis was performed on the basis of parameters from time-domain, frequency-domain, and nonlinear dynamics. First, the...
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