Effect of Visit‐to‐Visit Variation of Heart Rate and Systolic Blood Pressure on Outcomes in Chronic Systolic Heart Failure: Results From the Systolic Heart Failure Treatment With the If Inhibitor Ivabradine Trial (SHIFT) Trial

BackgroundElevated resting heart rate (HR) and low systolic blood pressure (SBP) are related to poor outcomes in heart failure (HF). The association between visit‐to‐visit variation in SBP and HR and risk in HF is unknown. Methods and ResultsIn Systolic Heart Failure Treatment with the If inhibitor...

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Main Authors: Michael Böhm, Michele Robertson, Jeffrey Borer, Ian Ford, Michel Komajda, Felix Mahfoud, Sebastian Ewen, Karl Swedberg, Luigi Tavazzi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2016-02-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
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Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.115.002160