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Cardiac Autonomic Instability in the Elderly Might Predict Future Complications
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Title Cardiac Autonomic Instability in the Elderly Might Predict Future Complications
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/576228?src=rss
Description A follow-up study analyzing data from 116 elderly patients in the Sleep Heart Health Study shows significant changes in heart-rate-to-heart-rate variability ratio by sleep stage, which may help identify high cardiovascular risk in this patient population. Medscape Medical News
Category Articles > Cardiology
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Date Jun 18, 2008
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