Survival after left ventricular assist device implantation correlates with a novel device-based measure of heart rate variability: the heart rate score.
Thomas CzermakValentina SeitelbergerChristian HaglPatrick-Nicolas Samson-HimmelstjernaSven GroßSebastian SadoniOliver HeynAntonia KellnarBonnie HartrampfEric LemmermöhleIna KlierRaphael RehmsSabine HoffmannHeidi L EstnerStephanie FichtnerKorbinian LackermairPublished in: Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery (2021)
In our multicentre experience, survival of patients after an left ventricular assist device implant correlates with the HRS. After confirmation of our findings in a larger cohort, the effect of rate-responsive pacing will be within the scope of further investigation.
Keyphrases
- left ventricular assist device
- heart rate variability
- heart rate
- blood pressure
- end stage renal disease
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- ejection fraction
- clinical trial
- randomized controlled trial
- peritoneal dialysis
- study protocol
- drug delivery
- left ventricular
- patient reported
- cardiac resynchronization therapy