Influence of cardiac-resynchronization therapy on heart rate and blood pressure variability: 1-year follow-up

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 716-722

  Piccirillo, Gianfranco ^a   Magrì, Damiano ^a   di Carlo, Silvia ^a   De Laurentis, Tiziana ^a   Torrini, Alessia ^a   Matera, Sabrina ^a   Magnanti, Marzia ^a   Bernardi, Leda ^b   Barillà, Franco ^b   Quaglione, Raffaele ^b   Ettorre, Evaristo ^a   Marigliano, Vincenzo ^a  

^a POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Chronic heart failure; Heart rate variability; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Power spectral analysis; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY; BREATHING; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY; SURVIVAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 33750412435     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejheart.2006.01.008     Document Type: Article

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