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• TITLE: Cardiac Autonomic Control in Relation to Other Prognostic Markers in Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy

  AUTHORS: Satu Kärkkäinen, Ari Puhakka, Jan Fedacko, Jarkko Magga, Kati Miettinen, Esko Vanninen, Johanna Kuusisto, Keijo J. Peuhkurinen, Petri O. Tuomainen

  KEYWORDS: Heart Rate Variability, Heart Rate Turbulence, Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Vasoactive Peptides, Proinflammatory Cytokines

  JOURNAL NAME: World Journal of Cardiovascular Diseases, Vol.5 No.5, May 20, 2015

  ABSTRACT: Objectives: We set out to study cardiac autonomic tone in patients with idiopathic dilated cardio-myopathy (IDC), and whether it correlates with other established markers of disease progression and patient ultimate outcome. Design: Fifty-one IDC patients in sinus rhythm underwent extensive non-invasive and invasive evaluation during a three-day hospitalization period. The control group consisted of thirty-eight apparently healthy subjects who underwent 24-hour ambulatory ECG recording. Results: Heart rate variability (HRV) and heart rate turbulence (HRT) correlated with many previously established prognostic markers of IDC and congestive heart failure, especially measures of cardiorespiratory performance capacity and circulating neurohumoral factors (p