Cardiac autonomic dysfunction in hemodialysis patients assessed by heart rate variability.
Minerva Urol Nefrol
; 64(3): 191-8, 2012 Sep.
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| ID: mdl-22971684
ABSTRACT
Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is a major problem in patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD) on haemodialysis (HD) and several risk factors are recognized. A major problem may be the autonomic dysfunction which is observed in more than 50 % of ESRD patients. Autonomic dysfunction, and in particular cardiac autonomic dysfunction, is associated with a high risk of ventricular arrhythmias which may eventually lead to SCD. A non-invasive method for measuring cardiac autonomic function is by assessing heart rate variability (HRV) and this review will focus on HRV in HD patients. ESRD patients have an impaired HRV which may partly explain their high risk of SCD. Some intervention studies in HD patients using HRV as a surrogate parameter have been published and are also discussed in this review.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Diálisis Renal
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Frecuencia Cardíaca
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Fallo Renal Crónico
Tipo de estudio:
Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Minerva Urol Nefrol
Asunto de la revista:
NEFROLOGIA
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UROLOGIA
Año:
2012
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Dinamarca