TY - JOUR
T1 - Relationship between cardiac autonomic function and sustained ventricular tachyarrhythmias in patients with an implantable cardioverter defibrillators
AU - Battipaglia, Irma
AU - Barone, Lucy
AU - Mariani, Luca
AU - Infusino, Fabio
AU - Remoli, Romolo
AU - Careri, Giulia
AU - Pinnacchio, Gaetano
AU - Tarzia, Pierpaolo
AU - Lanza, Gaetano Antonio
AU - Crea, Filippo
PY - 2010/12
Y1 - 2010/12
N2 - Aims. Low left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) is the main indication of implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD) in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) for the primary prevention of sudden cardiac death, but ICD therapy at follow-up occurs in a minority of patients. We investigated whether heart rate variability (HRV) may improve risk stratification in DCM patients. Methods and results. We studied 42 patients (age 67.3 ± 3.5; 37 males) who had undergone ICD implant for either idiopathic or ischaemic DCM (LVEF
AB - Aims. Low left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) is the main indication of implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD) in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) for the primary prevention of sudden cardiac death, but ICD therapy at follow-up occurs in a minority of patients. We investigated whether heart rate variability (HRV) may improve risk stratification in DCM patients. Methods and results. We studied 42 patients (age 67.3 ± 3.5; 37 males) who had undergone ICD implant for either idiopathic or ischaemic DCM (LVEF
KW - Dilated cardiomyopathy
KW - Heart rate variability
KW - Implantable cardioverter defibrillator
KW - Shock
KW - Ventricular tachyarrhythmias
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U2 - 10.1093/europace/euq408
DO - 10.1093/europace/euq408
M3 - Article
C2 - 21097480
AN - SCOPUS:78649390552
VL - 12
SP - 1725
EP - 1731
JO - Europace
JF - Europace
SN - 1099-5129
IS - 12
ER -