Misia Landau
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Healthy Heart Keeps Polyrhythmic Beat
- By Misia Landau
- Published 05/28/2008
- Biophysics
- Unrated
Findings Could Aid Diagnosis, Treatment of Cardiac Disease
There is a startling rhythm beneath the steady pulsing of the heart, more like a jazz riff than
a metronome. The casual pulse-taker and even the practiced user of a stethoscope may
have a hard time picking up this rhythmic under structure, with its unpredictable repetitions
and shifting beat.
There is a startling rhythm beneath the steady pulsing of the heart, more like a jazz riff than
a metronome. The casual pulse-taker and even the practiced user of a stethoscope may
have a hard time picking up this rhythmic under structure, with its unpredictable repetitions
and shifting beat.
