Autonomic Dysfunction and New‐Onset Atrial Fibrillation in Patients With Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction After Acute Myocardial Infarction: A CARISMA Substudy

Pekka Raatikainen, Uffe Jakob Ortved Gang, Heikki V. Huikuri, Rikke Moerch Joergensen, A. Johannesen, Ulrik Dixen, Marc Messier, Scott McNitt, Poul Erik Bloch Thomsen

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology · 2010 · 57 citations · 33 references

Abstract

Abnormal HRV and HRT parameters, which are associated with disturbances in the cardiac autonomic regulation, are associated with increased risk of new-onset AF independently of conventional clinical risk variables.

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