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Title:

The deceleration capacity - a new measure of heart rate variability evaluated in patients with schizophrenia and antipsychotic treatment.

Document type:
Journal Article; Article
Author(s):
Birkhofer, A; Geissendoerfer, J; Alger, P; Mueller, A; Rentrop, M; Strubel, T; Leucht, S; Förstl, H; Bär, KJ; Schmidt, G
Abstract:
Schizophrenia is associated with increased cardiac mortality. A disturbed autonomic modulation of heart rate (HR) has been described in patients with schizophrenia in whom antipsychotic medication may represent an additional cardiac risk. The novel measure deceleration capacity (DC) of heart rate predicts cardiac mortality in patients with cardiovascular illnesses. The aim of the present paper was to calculate DC in patients with schizophrenia and to compare this measure with established paramet...     »
Journal title abbreviation:
Eur Psychiatry
Year:
2013
Journal volume:
28
Journal issue:
2
Pages contribution:
81-6
Language:
eng
Fulltext / DOI:
doi:10.1016/j.eurpsy.2011.06.010
Pubmed ID:
http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21920708
Print-ISSN:
0924-9338
TUM Institution:
I. Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik (Kardiologie); Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie
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