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Role of Heart Rate Variability in the Association between Myocardial Infarction Severity and Post-Myocardial Infarction Distress.

Reham DyabClaudia Zuccarella-HacklMary PrincipSinthujan SivakumarRebecca E Meister-LangrafHansjoerg ZnojJean-Paul SchmidJürgen BarthUlrich SchnyderRoland von KänelYori Gidron
Published in: Life (Basel, Switzerland) (2023)
MI severity (Killip classification) predicted post-MI depression and PTSD symptoms, but only in patients with low HRV, suggesting that the vagal nerve is a partial protective (moderating) factor in the relation between Killip score and post-MI distress.
Keyphrases
  • heart rate variability
  • heart rate
  • heart failure
  • left ventricular
  • social support
  • depressive symptoms
  • sleep quality
  • physical activity
  • posttraumatic stress disorder