Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 90, Issue 9 , Pages 1635-1638 , September 2009

Analysis of Heart Rate Variability With Electromyography in Heart Transplant Recipients

  • Arzu On, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine, University of Ege, Izmir, Turkey
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  • Hale Karapolat, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine, University of Ege, Izmir, Turkey
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Hale Karapolat, MD, Ege University Medical Faculty Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Dept, 35100 Bornova/Izmir/Turkey
    • ,
  • Mehdi Zoghi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, University of Ege, Izmir, Turkey
    • ,
  • Sanem Nalbantgil, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, University of Ege, Izmir, Turkey
    • ,
  • Tahir Yagdi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Ege, Izmir, Turkey
    • ,
  • Mustafa Ozbaran, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Ege, Izmir, Turkey

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PII: S0003-9993(09)00350-5

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2009.03.012

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 90, Issue 9 , Pages 1635-1638 , September 2009

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