title: Heart rate variability is independent of age, gender, and race in congestive heart failure with a recent acute exacerbation.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Barnes-jewish Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Stein
authors.forename: K E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Freedland
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Skala
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Carney
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Davila-Roman
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Rich
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Kleiger
mesh_terms: 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