Heart rate and early progression of cardiac allograft vasculopathy: A prospective study using highly automated 3-D optical coherence tomography analysis.

Michal PazdernikDan WichterleZhi ChenHelena BedanovaJosef KautznerVojtech MelenovskyVladimir KarmazinIvan MalekPeter StiavnickyAles TomasekEva OzabalovaJan KrejciAndreas WahleHonghai ZhangTomas KovarnikMilan Sonka

Published in: Clinical transplantation (2020)

Our study did not confirm a direct association between mean heart rate and progression of CAV. The role of beta blockers warrants further investigation, with our results indicating that they may play a protective role in early CAV development.

Keyphrases

heart rate
heart rate variability
blood pressure
optical coherence tomography
machine learning
left ventricular
deep learning
high throughput
diabetic retinopathy
angiotensin converting enzyme
angiotensin ii
optic nerve