Open AccessHeart rate variability and heart rate in healthy volunteers. Is the female autonomic nervous system cardioprotective?
Author(s) -
Dirk Ramaekers
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
european heart journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.336
H-Index - 293
eISSN - 1522-9645
pISSN - 0195-668X
DOI - 10.1053/euhj.1998.1084
Subject(s) - medicine , heart rate variability , autonomic nervous system , heart rate , cardiology , blood pressure
Heart rate variability has been proposed as an indicator of cardiovascular health. Since women have a lower cardiovascular risk, we hypothesized that there are gender differences in autonomic modulation.
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