Publications by authors named "Christian Brohet"
Objective: Biofeedback is a self-regulation therapy by which the patient learns how to optimize the functioning of his autonomic nervous system. It has been applied to patients with various cardiovascular disorders. The purpose of this study was to investigate the practical feasibility and the psychophysiological effects of biofeedback applied to heart rate variability (HRV biofeedback) in order to increase cardiac coherence in coronary artery disease (CAD) patients participating in a cardiac rehabilitation programme.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe report the case of a patient who developed, a few days after a closed head injury, marked electrocardiographic changes mimicking an acute coronary event, in the absence of actual cardiac damage. The electrocardiographic changes were fully reversible, paralleling the neurologic status. Neuroimaging examinations excluded subarachnoid hemorrhage or space-occupying hematoma, but demonstrated diffuse axonal injury using susceptibility-weighted magnetic resonance techniques.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe impact of reimbursement criteria on the appropriateness of 'statin' prescribing.
Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil
December 2003
Background: In Belgium, regulations restrict the reimbursement of statins to patients with total serum cholesterol above 250 mg/dl (6.41 mmol/l) after a three-month lipid-lowering diet. We investigated the possible impact of these regulations on characteristics of Belgian patients receiving a lipid-lowering drug.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe prognostic accuracy of different QT interval measures.
Ann Noninvasive Electrocardiol
January 2002
Background: The QT intervals accuracy for predicting arrhythmic death varies between studies, possibly due to differences in the selection of the lead used for measurement of the QT interval. The purpose of this study was to analyze the prognostic accuracy of all known ways to select the lead.
Methods And Results: Three institutions that used different methods for measuring QT intervals provided their QT databases.