Relation between severity of disease and impairment of heart rate variability parameters in patients with chronic congestive heart failure secondary to coronary artery disease

B M Szabó; D J van Veldhuisen; J Brouwer; J Haaksma; K I Lie

doi:10.1016/s0002-9149(99)80204-5

Relation between severity of disease and impairment of heart rate variability parameters in patients with chronic congestive heart failure secondary to coronary artery disease

Am J Cardiol. 1995 Oct 1;76(10):713-6. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(99)80204-5.

Authors

B M Szabó¹, D J van Veldhuisen, J Brouwer, J Haaksma, K I Lie

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiology/Thoraxcentre, University Hospital Groningen, The Netherlands.

PMID: 7572632
DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(99)80204-5

Abstract

The present data show that HR variability has a statistically significant, but moderate, correlation with clinical variables of severity of CHF. Therefore, HR variability analysis may be a new, important tool in the clinical assessment of CHF patients.

Publication types

Clinical Trial

MeSH terms

Cohort Studies
Coronary Disease / complications*
Electrocardiography, Ambulatory
Female
Heart Failure / etiology
Heart Failure / metabolism
Heart Failure / physiopathology*
Heart Rate*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Oxygen Consumption
Severity of Illness Index
Stroke Volume
Ventricular Function, Left