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 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.
Szabó
B M
BM
Department of Cardiology/Thoraxcentre, University Hospital Groningen, The Netherlands.
van Veldhuisen
D J
DJ
Brouwer
J
J
Haaksma
J
J
Lie
K I
KI
D015331:Cohort Studies; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000150:complications*; D015716:Electrocardiography, Ambulatory; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010101:Oxygen Consumption; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013318:Stroke Volume; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left