Impaired cardiac autonomic control relates to disease severity in pulmonary hypertension

R Wensel, C Jilek, M Dörr, DP Francis… - European …, 2009 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) results in chronic right heart failure, which is
associated with an increase in sympathetic tone. This may adversely affect cardiac …

Sudden cardiac death in adults with congenital heart disease

SC Yap, L Harris - Expert review of cardiovascular therapy, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Sudden cardiac death is one of the leading causes of death in patients with congenital heart
disease, especially in patients with repaired cyanotic and left heart obstructive lesions. While …

Anemia in adults with congenital heart disease relates to adverse outcome

K Dimopoulos, GP Diller, G Giannakoulas… - Journal of the American …, 2009 - jacc.org
Objectives: To assess the relation of anemia in noncyanotic adults with congenital heart
disease (ACHD) to functional capacity and mortality. Background: Anemia is common in …

Analyzing heart rate variability in infants using non-linear Poincare techniques

RL Smith, ER Wathen, PC Abaci… - 2009 36th Annual …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Congenital heart defects, such as Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome, are the most prevalent
type of birth defect. Palliative reconstructive procedures may interrupt autonomic cardiac …

Heart rate variability analysis in normal infants and infants with single ventricle anatomy using power spectral density

RL Smith, ER Wathen, PC Abaci… - 2009 36th Annual …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Heart Rate Variability (HRV) is a measure of the magnitude of autonomic cardiac tone
produced by sympathetic and parasympathetic innervations. Power spectral density …

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