Heart rate variability is depressed in the early transitional period for newborns with complex congenital heart disease.

Sarah B MulkeyRathinaswamy GovindanMarina MetzlerChristopher B SwisherLaura HitchingsYunfei WangRobin BakerG Larry MaxwellAnita KrishnanAdre J du Plessis

Published in: Clinical autonomic research : official journal of the Clinical Autonomic Research Society (2019)

Infants with complex CHD have depressed autonomic balance in the early postnatal period, which may complicate the fetal-neonatal transition.

Keyphrases

heart rate variability
congenital heart disease
heart rate
pregnant women
preterm infants
blood pressure
gestational age
cord blood