The effect of metabolic syndrome on heart rate turbulence in non-diabetic patients
Author(s) -
Alim Erdem,
Masahiro Uenishi,
Zekeriya Küçükdurmaz,
Kazuo Matsumoto,
Ritsushi Kato,
Motoki Hara,
Mehmet Yazıcı
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
cardiology journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.573
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1897-5593
pISSN - 1898-018X
DOI - 10.5603/cj.2012.0092
Subject(s) - heart rate turbulence , medicine , metabolic syndrome , cardiology , epicardial fat , sudden cardiac death , diabetes mellitus , risk stratification , ambulatory , risk factor , heart rate variability , heart rate , endocrinology , obesity , blood pressure , adipose tissue
Metabolic syndrome (MetS), which includes a cluster of risk factors, is being increasingly recognized as a new risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Heart rate turbulence (HRT) is a Holter-based non-invasive method for detecting cardiac autonomic imbalance and is an independent, powerful predictor of cardiac arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death in different patient groups. This study evaluated the effect of MetS on HRT in non-diabetic patients.
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