Why the study?
Does decreased heart rate variability predict cardiac death in patients with end-stage renal disease on chronic haemodialysis?
Population
120 chronic haemodialysis patients
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
26+/-10 months
Authors
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May support HRV-based risk stratification in hemodialysis; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before practice change.
Does decreased heart rate variability predict cardiac death in patients with end-stage renal disease on chronic haemodialysis?
Decreased heart rate variability, particularly measures reflecting long-term variability, independently predicts cardiac death in chronic haemodialysis patients.
Hidekatsu Fukuta (2003) studied this question.
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