Time domain heart rate variability analysis in patients with thalassaemia major
Articles > Article · 2005
Authors: D GÜRSES, Zülal ÜLGER TUTAR, Reşit Ertürk LEVENT, Yeşim AYDINOK, ARİF RUHİ ÖZYÜREK
ACTA CARDIOLOGICA, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, 2005, vol 60, pp 477-481
Summary
Objective - Cardiac complication is one of the major causes of death in patients with thalassaemia major. Heart rate variability is a non-invasive index of neuronal modulation of heart rate. In this study, autonomic functions of the heart in a preclinical stage of heart disease were evaluated in 48 thalassaemic patients with time domain heart rate variability analysis; the control group consisted of 45 healthy subjects.