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Autonomic function and prognosis.

Cleve Clin J Med

April 2009

Director, Division of Prevention and Population Sciences, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Rockledge Center II, Room 10021, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.

Autonomic nervous system function is assessed in the clinic by measuring resting heart rate, heart rate variability, or heart rate recovery following exercise. Each of these measures is a strong predictor of cardiovascular risk and all-cause mortality in primary and secondary prevention settings. These measures have been used to identify correlates of autonomic nervous system dysfunction at both the patient level (eg, obesity, diabetes, heart failure) and the environmental level (eg, smoking, social stress, air pollution).

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Depression in cardiovascular disease: can the risk be reduced?

Biol Psychiatry

August 2003

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockledge Center II, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 8118, Bethesda, MD 20892-7936, USA.

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