Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases
Volume 19, Issue 9 , Pages 641-645 , November 2009

Magnesium administration may improve heart rate variability in patients with heart failure

  • D. Almoznino-Sarafian

      Affiliations

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

      Affiliations

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

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nephrology, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center (Affiliated to the Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University), Zerifin, Israel
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  • M. Shteinshnaider

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine “F”, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center (Affiliated to the Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University), Zerifin 70300, Israel
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  • I. Tzur

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine “F”, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center (Affiliated to the Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University), Zerifin 70300, Israel
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  • N. Cohen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine “F”, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center (Affiliated to the Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University), Zerifin 70300, Israel
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  • O. Gorelik

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine “F”, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center (Affiliated to the Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University), Zerifin 70300, Israel

Received 23 July 2008 ,Revised 1 December 2008 ,Accepted 4 December 2008.

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PII: S0939-4753(08)00234-2

doi: 10.1016/j.numecd.2008.12.002

Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases
Volume 19, Issue 9 , Pages 641-645 , November 2009

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