Elevated Heart Rate is Associated with Cardiac Denervation in Patients with Heart Failure: A 123-Iodine-MIBG Myocardial Scintigraphy Study

Elevated Heart Rate is Associated with Cardiac Denervation in Patients with Heart Failure: A 123-Iodine-MIBG Myocardial Scintigraphy Study

Abstract Background: In the Systolic Heart Failure Treatment With the If Inhibitor Ivabradine Trial (SHIFT), heart rate (HR) reduction with ivabradine was associated with improved survival and reduced hospitalizations in patients with heart failure (HF). The mechanisms by which elevated HR increase...

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Main Authors: Aline Sterque Villacorta, Humberto Villacorta Junior, Jenne Serrão de Souza, José Antônio Caldas Teixeira, Maria Clara S. S. S. Muradas, Christiane Rodrigues Alves, Bernardo Campanário Precht, Pilar Porto, Letícia Ubaldo, Cláudio Tinoco Mesquita, Antônio Cláudio Lucas da Nóbrega
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC)
Series:Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia
Subjects:
Frequência Cardíaca
Denervação
Insuficiência Cardíaca
Miocárdio / cintilografia
Sistema Nervoso Simpático
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