Heart rate variability is independent of age, gender, and race in congestive heart failure with a recent acute exacerbation.
Among normal adults, indexes of heart rate variability are affected by age, gender, and race. These effects are not seen among patients with congestive heart failure with a recent acute exacerbation, in whom indexes of heart rate variability are remarkably uniform and appear to be determined primarily by their recent cardiac failure.
Stein
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Barnes-jewish Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Freedland
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KE
Skala
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JA
Carney
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RM
Davila-Roman
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Rich
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Kleiger
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D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D044469:Racial Groups; D012737:Sex Factors; D013318:Stroke Volume