Can heart rate variability predict sudden death? A case of sudden death ina child with severe coronary sequelae of Kawasaki disease

Citation
N. Kazuma et al., Can heart rate variability predict sudden death? A case of sudden death ina child with severe coronary sequelae of Kawasaki disease, PEDIAT CARD, 21(4), 2000, pp. 403-406
Citations number
10
Language
INGLESE
art.tipo
Article
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
Journal title
PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY
ISSN journal
0172-0643 → ACNP
Volume
21
Issue
4
Year of publication
2000
Pages
403 - 406
Database
ISI
SICI code
0172-0643(200007/08)21:4<403:CHRVPS>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
We report the heart rate variability (HRV) of a child aged 11 years, Arrhyt hmia was the suspected cause of sudden death after 10 years of therapy for Kawasaki disease. The linear methods failed to show any features of the HRV that could have predicted the patient's sudden death, but the fractal scal ing as a nonlinear method had suddenly decreased from 5.3 to 4.1 1 year bef ore his death.