Increased non-Gaussianity of heart rate variability predicts cardiac mortality after an acute myocardial infarction

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 2 SEP, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Hayano, Junichiro ^a   Kiyono, Ken ^b   Struzik, Zbigniew R ^c   Yamamoto, Yoshiharu ^c   Watanabe, Eiichi ^d   Stein, Phyllis K ^e   Watkins, Lana L ^f   Blumenthal, James A ^f   Carney, Robert M ^e  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory ECG; ENRICHD study; Heart rate variability; Mortality; Myocardial infarction; Non gaussianity; Prospective study; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866167039     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2011.00065     Document Type: Article

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