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.
Cardiovascular Division, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02215.
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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