title: Comparison of heart rate variability between surgical and interventional closure of atrial septal defect in children.
abstract: This study was designed to compare reduced heart rate variability (HRV) in children with atrial septal defect (ASD) after surgical ASD closure with interventional (Amplatzer device) closure. Reduced HRV was observed in all children with ASD before treatment. HRV was further impaired 1 month after surgical ASD closure but not after catheter device closure. Three months after treatment, HRV indexes tended to normalize in both groups.
authors.affiliation: Department of Congenital Heart Diseases, Silesian Center for Heart Diseases, Zabrze ul Szpitalana, Poland. jabi_med@priv4.onet.pl
authors.forename: Jacek
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Białkowski
authors.forename: Blandyna
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Karwot
authors.forename: Malgorzata
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Szkutnik
authors.forename: Beata
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sredniawa
authors.forename: Beata
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chodor
authors.forename: Bozena
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zeifert
authors.forename: Alina
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Skiba
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zyla-Frycz
authors.forename: Zbigniew
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Kalarus
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011446:Prospective Studies; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D016896:Treatment Outcome