title: Heart rate variability and left ventricular dilatation early after myocardial infarction.
abstract: To assess clinically whether alterations of autonomic tone precede left ventricular dilatation, heart rate variability and early left ventricular dilatation after a first myocardial infarction were assessed. Low-frequency power (LF), high-frequency power (HF), and total power (TP) were obtained by ambulatory electrocardiogram on day 1 in 53 patients with a first acute myocardial infarction. Left ventricular end-diastolic volume determined by echocardiography was obtained on day 1 and day 14. Stepwise linear regression analysis was used to assess the associations of early left ventricular dilatation with heart rate variability adjusted for clinical variables. Higher LF and TP were significantly associated with early left ventricular dilatation after adjustment for age, sex, site of myocardial infarction, acute revasucularization, peak creatine kinase level, history of hypertension, and use of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and beta-blockers. Higher LF and TP preceded early left ventricular dilatation after myocardial infarction.
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Center, Kansai Medical University, Moriguchi-city, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nishiue
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tsuji
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tarumi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tokunaga
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tamura
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Masaki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Inada
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Iwasaka
mesh_terms: D004452:Echocardiography; D015716:Electrocardiography, Ambulatory; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013318:Stroke Volume / Q000502:physiology; D020257:Ventricular Remodeling / Q000502:physiology*