Nonlinear indices of heart rate variability in chronic heart failure patients: Redundancy and comparative clinical value

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 425-433

  Maestri, Roberto ^a   Pinna, Gian Domenico ^a   Accardo, Agostino ^b   Allegrini, Paolo ^c   Balocchi, Rita ^d   D'Addio, Gianni ^a   Ferrario, Manuela ^e   Menicucci, Danilo ^d   Porta, Alberto ^f   Sassi, Roberto ^e,f   Signorini, Maria Gabriella ^e   La Rovere, Maria Teresa ^a   Cerutti, Sergio ^e  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

^e POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chronic heart failure; Heart rate variability; Nonlinear dynamics; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; NITRATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENTROPY; FEMALE; HEART DEATH; HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; SINUS RHYTHM; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

AREA UNDER CURVE; ARRHYTHMIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS;

EID: 33947200734     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2007.00728.x     Document Type: Article

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