Relation between pet ownership and heart rate variability in patients with healed myocardial infarcts

The results of this study support the possibility that differences in cardiac autonomic modulation between pet owners and nonowners are a physiologic mechanism underlying the differences in survival between these groups.

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Veröffentlicht in:The American journal of cardiology 2003-03, Vol.91 (6), p.718-721
Hauptverfasser: Friedmann, Erika, Thomas, Sue A., Stein, Phyllis K., Kleiger, Robert E.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:The results of this study support the possibility that differences in cardiac autonomic modulation between pet owners and nonowners are a physiologic mechanism underlying the differences in survival between these groups.
ISSN:0002-9149
1879-1913
DOI:10.1016/S0002-9149(02)03412-4