Effect of vasoactive therapy on heart rate variability in patients with acutely decompensated congestive heart failure.
Heart rate variability is markedly reduced in patients with acutely decompensated heart failure. Improvement in heart rate variability is closely associated with improvement in heart failure, which may represent a decrease in sympathetic overactivity.
Burger
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Division of Cardiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA. aburger@caregroup.harvard.edu
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D000208:Acute Disease; D001341:Autonomic Nervous System / Q000187:drug effects / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002316:Cardiotonic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D015716:Electrocardiography, Ambulatory / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014665:Vasodilator Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D002316:Cardiotonic Agents; D014665:Vasodilator Agents