Key result
A reduced heart rate variability index before discharge was an independent risk factor for left ventricular dilatation at 12 months after a first anterior myocardial infarction.
Why the study?
Does reduced heart rate variability predict left ventricular dilatation in patients with a first anterior myocardial infarction?
RCT (n=80)
randomised
Yes
Does reduced heart rate variability predict left ventricular dilatation in patients with a first anterior myocardial infarction?
p-value: p=0.043
Reduced heart rate variability before discharge is an independent predictor of left ventricular dilatation at 12 months after a first anterior myocardial infarction.
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May support early post-MI risk stratification; hypothesis-generating for HRV in LV remodeling and needs prospective validation.
Dambrink et al. (1994) conducted an RCT in first anterior myocardial infarction (n=80). Captopril vs. Placebo was evaluated on Left ventricular dilatation (change in end systolic and end diastolic volumes) (p=0.043). A reduced heart rate variability index before discharge was an independent risk factor for left ventricular dilatation at 12 months after a first anterior myocardial infarction.
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