2021
National Trends in the Burden of Atrial Fibrillation During Hospital Admissions for Heart Failure
Reinhardt SW, Chouairi F, Miller PE, Clark KAA, Kay B, Fuery M, Guha A, Freeman JV, Ahmad T, Desai NR, Friedman DJ. National Trends in the Burden of Atrial Fibrillation During Hospital Admissions for Heart Failure. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2021, 10: e019412. PMID: 34013736, PMCID: PMC8483517, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.120.019412.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsReduced ejection fractionComorbid atrial fibrillationHeart failureAtrial fibrillationEjection fractionHospital mortalityHF hospitalizationBackground Heart failureConclusion Atrial fibrillationWhite individualsNational Inpatient SampleMedian hospital chargesMore comorbiditiesComorbid hypertensionHF admissionsHF outcomesPatient demographicsDiabetes mellitusHospital admissionHospital chargesInpatient SampleVascular diseaseHospitalizationPatientsMortality
2008
Prediction of Cardiovascular Death using a Novel Heart Rate Recovery Parameter
HADLEY DM, DEWEY FE, FREEMAN JV, MYERS JN, FROELICHER VF. Prediction of Cardiovascular Death using a Novel Heart Rate Recovery Parameter. Medicine & Science In Sports & Exercise 2008, 40: 1072-1079. PMID: 18460999, DOI: 10.1249/mss.0b013e318167665a.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDuke treadmill scoreHeart rate recoveryHR increaseCV mortalityVagal toneCardiovascular causesCardiovascular deathPeak exerciseLowest tertileTreadmill scoreCox analysisClinical parametersMaximal exerciseSympathetic influencesExercise indexRate recoveryVagal influencePrognostic measurementMortalityPatientsRecovery variablesNormal scoresScoresExerciseRecovery parameters