Spontaneous baroreceptor reflex sensitivity for risk stratification of heart failure patients: Optimal cut-offand age effects

Clinical Science

Volumn 129, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1163-1172

  Gouveia, Sónia ^a   Scotto, Manuel G ^b   Pinna, Gian Domenico ^c   Maestri, Roberto ^c   La Rovere, Maria Teresa ^c   Ferreira, Paulo J S G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^c IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ageing; Heart failure (HF); Risk stratification; Spectral analysis; Spontaneous baroreceptor reflex sensitivity (BRS); Transfer function (TF)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BARORECEPTOR REFLEX SENSITIVITY; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; AGE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HEART RATE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BAROREFLEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84952016027     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/CS20150341     Document Type: Article

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