Why the study?
Is short-term heart rate variability impaired in children after heart transplantation compared to healthy controls?
Population
17 children after heart and heart-lung transplantation and 12 healthy controls.
Comparison
Heart and heart-lung transplantation vs Healthy controls
Design
Case-control
Follow-up
6.1+/-3.7 years post-transplantation
Authors
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Findings support autonomic denervation after pediatric heart transplantation; leaves open implications for monitoring and long-term outcomes.
Is short-term heart rate variability impaired in children after heart transplantation compared to healthy controls?
Short-term heart rate variability is severely impaired in children after heart transplantation, with increasing sympathetic influence observed starting 4 years post-transplant.
Pozza et al. (2006) studied this question.
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