Clinical Application of Heart Rate Variability after Acute Myocardial Infarction

AbstractHeart rate (HR) variability has been extensively studied in patients surviving an acute myocardial infarction (AMI). The majority of studies have shown that patients with reduced or abnormal HR variability/turbulence have an increased risk of mortality within few years after an AMI. Various...

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Main Authors: Heikki Veli Huikuri, Phyllis Kravet Stein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphys.2012.00041/full