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January 4, 2000CirculationOpen Access

Chaos Theory, Heart Rate Variability, and Arrhythmic Mortality

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Key result

Reduced heart rate variability identifies subjects with increased cardiac mortality after myocardial infarction, independent of traditional clinical risk factors.

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Editorial

Authors

FLFederico LombardiUniversity of Foggia

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Overview

May enhance post-MI risk stratification beyond traditional factors; leaves open whether heart rate variability–guided interventions improve outcomes.

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Population
Myocardial infarction
E
Exposure / Comparator
Reduced heart rate variability
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Primary Outcome
Cardiac mortality

Heart rate variability analysis is a valuable tool for identifying subjects with increased cardiac mortality risk after myocardial infarction, reflecting autonomic imbalance.

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Federico Lombardi (2000) conducted an editorial in Myocardial infarction. Reduced heart rate variability was evaluated on Cardiac mortality. Reduced heart rate variability identifies subjects with increased cardiac mortality after myocardial infarction, independent of traditional clinical risk factors.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9efb1dc76d7d4f29fc6be7https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.101.1.8
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