Heart rate variability is related to disease severity in children and young adults with pulmonary hypertension

• Main Authors: Heiner eLatus (Author), Dirk eBandorski (Author), Friederike eRink (Author), Henning eTiede (Author), Jannos eSiaplaouras (Author), Ardeschir eGhofrani (Author), Werner eSeeger (Author), Dietmar eSchranz (Author), Christian eApitz (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2015-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is frequently associated with an increase in sympathetic tone. This may adversely affect cardiac autonomic control. Knowledge about the clinical impact of autonomic dysfunction in patients with PH is limited. We aimed to assess whether parameters of heart rate...