American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 105, Issue 8 , Pages 1181-1185 , 15 April 2010

Relation of High Heart Rate Variability to Healthy Longevity

  • Usman Zulfiqar, MD

      Affiliations

    • Section of Geriatric Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
    • Department of Internal Medicine, Mercy Catholic Medical Center, Darby, Pennsylvania
    • ,
  • Donald A. Jurivich, DO

      Affiliations

    • Section of Geriatric Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
    • ,
  • Weihua Gao, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Biostatistics, Mercy Catholic Medical Center, Darby, Pennsylvania
    • ,
  • Donald H. Singer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Section of Cardiology, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
    • Department of Cardiology, Alexian Brothers Medical Center, Elk Grove Village, Illinois
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Tel: (847) 328-9102; fax: (847) 864-2080

Received 26 October 2009 ,Revised 3 December 2009 ,Accepted 3 December 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.12.022

American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 105, Issue 8 , Pages 1181-1185 , 15 April 2010

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