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Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 2008 23(10):3061-3062; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfn280
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Heart rate variability in patients with end-stage renal disease: an emerging predictive tool for sudden cardiac death?

Christopher T. Chan

Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Toronto General Hospital—University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Christopher T. Chan, Toronto General Hospital, 200 Elizabeth Street, 8N room 842, Toronto, Ontario M5G 2C4, Canada. Tel: +1-416-340-3073; Fax: +1-416-340-4999; E-mail: christopher.chan@uhn.on.ca

Keywords: fluid overload; heart rate variability; sudden cardiac death; sympathetic overactivity

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Patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) have an elevated cardiovascular mortality. Although much interest has been focused on the understanding of the accelerated nature of their coronary artery disease, sudden cardiac death (SCD) has emerged as the single largest cause of cardiac death in our patient population. Multiple traditional and novel cardiovascular risk factors contribute to the particular vulnerability of dialysis patients towards SCD, including myocardial ischaemia, left ventricular hypertrophy/dilatation, electrolytes abnormalities, volume overload, sleep apnoea and sympathetic overactivity [1]. Despite our best . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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