Prognostic value of heart rate variability in patients with renal failure on hemodialysis
Prognostic value of heart rate variability in patients with renal failure on hemodialysis
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DOI:
10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.10.033
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发表时间:
2009-01-24
影响因子:
3.5
通讯作者:
Itoh, Haruki
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作者:
Oikawa, Keiko;Ishihara, Reiko;Itoh, Haruki
Background: In patients with renal failure on hemodialysis cardiovascular disease is a major cause of death. It has been reported that diminished heart rate variability ( HRV) relates to the unfavorable prognosis in post-infarction and/or heart failure patients. However, the prognostic value of HRV in hemodialysis patients has not been fully established.Methods and results: Time- and frequency-domain analysis of HRV on 24-hour ambulatory electrocardiography recording was assessed prospectively in 383 chronic hemodialysis patients ( 220 men and 163 women, mean age 57 +/- 13 years, ejection fraction 65 +/- 12%). During 2110 +/- 903 days of follow up, 146 patients died ( 31 congestive heart failure, 13 fatal myocardial infarction, 13 sudden deaths, 26 stroke, and 63 non-cardiovascular deaths). A Cox univariate analysis identified the following factors as predictors of both all-cause and cardiovascular death: age, gender, ejection fraction, presence of diabetes, and HRV parameters calculated in the time- and frequency-domain. In multivariate analysis, a low standard deviation of all normal RR intervals ( SDNN) value was the strongly associated with both all-cause and cardiovascular death ( hazard ratios [ 95% confidence intervals] 0.988 [ 0.982-0.994] and 0.984 [ 0.974-0.993], respectively). From Kaplan-Meier survival curves, the incidence of all-cause and cardiovascular death was much greater in patients with a low SDNN (