Impaired cardiac autonomic nervous activity predicts sudden cardiac death in patients with operated and unoperated congenital cardiac disease | Zendy

Astrid E. Lammers | Zendy; Harald Kaemmerer | Zendy; Regina Hollweck | Zendy; Raphaël Schneider | Zendy; Petra Barthel | Zendy; Siegmund Braun | Zendy; Annette Wacker | Zendy; Silke Brodherr-Heberlein | Zendy; Michael Hauser | Zendy; Andreas Eicken | Zendy; Georg Schmidt | Zendy; John Hess | Zendy

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Impaired cardiac autonomic nervous activity predicts sudden cardiac death in patients with operated and unoperated congenital cardiac disease

Author(s) -

Astrid E. Lammers,

Harald Kaemmerer,

Regina Hollweck,

Raphaël Schneider,

Petra Barthel,

Siegmund Braun,

Annette Wacker,

Silke Brodherr-Heberlein,

Michael Hauser,

Andreas Eicken,

Georg Schmidt,

John Hess

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.458

H-Index - 192

eISSN - 1085-8687

pISSN - 0022-5223

DOI - 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2006.03.057

Subject(s) - medicine , heart rate turbulence , sudden cardiac death , cardiology , heart rate variability , hazard ratio , heart disease , heart rate , autonomic nervous system , sudden death , blood pressure , confidence interval

Sudden cardiac death is a leading cause of mortality in patients with congenital cardiac disease after surgical correction and is potentially preventable. The identification of patients at risk is therefore of major interest. We sought to assess the prognostic value of impaired cardiac autonomic nervous activity in patients with congenital cardiac disease.

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