Hygiena 2007, 52(3):79-81

Heart Rate Recovery and Its Prognostic Value in Heart Failure Patients

Věra Kubrychtová1, Thomas P. Olson2, Kent R. Bailey3, Prabin Thapa3, Thomas G. Allison2, Bruce D. Johnson2
1 Ústav hygieny a preventivního lékařství LF UK v Hradci Králové
2 Division of Cardiovascular Diseases and
3 Biostatistics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA

The goal of this study was to evaluate heart rate recovery (HRR) as a useful variable in assessing risk of death in heart failure (HF) patients and compare it with other prognostic indicators.

Methods: Retrospective data were analyzed in 712 HF patients who underwent echocardiography and exercise testing.

Results: Patients were divided into 3 groups according to their HRR: group 1 (HRR ≤ 4 bpm), group 2 (5 ≤ HRR ≤ 9 bpm), and group 3 (HRR ≥ 10). Group 1 had the highest mortality in both, the long and short term. HRR was independently predictive of mortality after adjusting for age, gender, NYHA class, LVEF and BMI.

Conclusions: HRR might be used as an additional prognostic indicator.

Keywords: exercise testing, heart frequency, oxygen consumption, heart failure

Published: September 2007  Show citation

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Kubrychtová V, Olson TP, Bailey KR, Thapa P, Allison TG, Johnson BD. Heart Rate Recovery and Its Prognostic Value in Heart Failure Patients. Hygiena. 2007;52(3):79-81.
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