Monitoring of Physical Activity and Heart Rate Variability in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure Using Cardiac Resynchronization Devices

Authors :: Frieder Braunschweig
Peter Thomas Mortensen
Thomas Lawo
Peter Søgaard
Wolfgang Reiser
Cecilia Linde
Hassan Mansour
Daniel Gras
Hans-Jürgen Bruns
Berthold Stegemann
Source :: Braunschweig, F, Mortensen, P, Gras, D, Reiser, W, Lawo, T, Mansour, H, Søgaard, P, Stegemann, B, Bruns, HJ & Linde, C 2005, ' Monitoring of physical activity and heart rate variability in patients with chronic heart failure using cardiac resynchronization devices. ', Am. J. Cardiol, vol. 95, no. 9, pp. 1104-7 .
Publication Year :: 2005
Publisher :: Elsevier BV, 2005.
Abstract: Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) devices not only deliver effective treatment but may also serve as valuable diagnostic tools in heart failure management. In the present study, the minutes of daily physical activity and heart rate variability, measured by sensors incorporated into such a device, reflected the effects of CRT and were related to New York Heart Association functional class.

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