RELATION BETWEEN SEVERITY OF DISEASE AND IMPAIRMENT OF HEART-RATE-VARIABILITY PARAMETERS IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC CONGESTIVE-HEART-FAILURE SECONDARY TO CORONARY-ARTERY DISEASE

Authors
SZABO BM VANVELDHUISEN DJ BROUWER J HAAKSMA J LIE KI
Citation
Bm. Szabo et al., RELATION BETWEEN SEVERITY OF DISEASE AND IMPAIRMENT OF HEART-RATE-VARIABILITY PARAMETERS IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC CONGESTIVE-HEART-FAILURE SECONDARY TO CORONARY-ARTERY DISEASE, The American journal of cardiology, 76(10), 1995, pp. 713
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
The American journal of cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029149
Volume
76
Issue
10
Year of publication
1995
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9149(1995)76:10<713:RBSODA>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
Correlations between New York Heart Association functional class, left ventricular ejection fraction, and peak oxygen consumption were compa red to heart rate variability and analyzed in 79 heart failure patient s with left ventricular ejection fraction <0.40 and peak oxygen consum ption <20 ml/min/kg. Clinical variables of-chronic heart failure (New York Heart Association class, peak oxygen consumption) showed statisti cally significant, but moderate, correlations with heart rate variabil ity parameters, and heart rate variability was found to be reduced in patients with more severe chronic congestive heart failure.