Short-Term Adjuvant Atorvastatin Improves Frequency Domain Indices of Heart Rate Variability in Stable Systolic Heart Failure

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Ali Hamaad
Mike Sosin
Gregory Y. H. Lip
Robert J. MacFadyen
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[1] City Hospital,University Department of Medicine
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Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy | 2005年 / 19卷
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heart rate variability; atorvastatin; statin; chronic heart failure; time domain HRV; frequency domain HRV;
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The autonomic nervous system marks beneficial drug responses in systolic heart failure management. The impact of statin therapy in this broad disease class is unclear and patient studies are extremely limited.
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