European Journal of Internal Medicine
Volume 20, Issue 8 , Pages 779-783 , December 2009

Application of HRV-CD for estimation of life expectancy in various clinical disorders

  • Dorit Almoznino-Sarafian

      Affiliations

    • The Department of Internal Medicine “F”, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center (affiliated to the Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University), Zerifin, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Internal Medicine “F”, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, 70300 Zerifin, Israel. Tel.: +972 8 9779994/1; fax: +972 8 9779976.
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  • Gideon Sarafian

      Affiliations

    • The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
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  • Itzhak Zyssman

      Affiliations

    • The Department of Cardiology, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center (affiliated to the Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University), Zerifin, Israel
    • ,
  • Miriam Shteinshnaider

      Affiliations

    • The Department of Internal Medicine “F”, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center (affiliated to the Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University), Zerifin, Israel
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  • Irma Tzur

      Affiliations

    • The Department of Internal Medicine “F”, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center (affiliated to the Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University), Zerifin, Israel
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  • Ben-Zion Kaplan

      Affiliations

    • The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
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  • Sylvia Berman

      Affiliations

    • Research & Development Division, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center (affiliated to the Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University), Zerifin, Israel
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  • Natan Cohen

      Affiliations

    • The Department of Internal Medicine “F”, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center (affiliated to the Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University), Zerifin, Israel
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  • Oleg Gorelik

      Affiliations

    • The Department of Internal Medicine “F”, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center (affiliated to the Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University), Zerifin, Israel

Received 3 February 2009 ,Revised 5 August 2009 ,Accepted 21 August 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2009.08.006

European Journal of Internal Medicine
Volume 20, Issue 8 , Pages 779-783 , December 2009

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