Age-related disappearance of Mayer-like heart rate waves.
Healthy elderly subjects (greater than or equal to 65 years) did not show the prominent low frequency (0.07-0.09 Hz) heart rate oscillations (Mayer waves) recorded in young adults immediately following passive upright tilt. This difference may be related to altered autonomic function with physiologic aging.
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Cardiovascular Division, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02215.
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Shannon
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Goldberger
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D001341:Autonomic Nervous System / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male