Long-term carvedilol therapy increases parasympathetic nervous system activity in chronic congestive heart failure

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Goldsmith, RL [1 ]
Bigger, JT [1 ]
Bloomfield, DM [1 ]
Krum, H [1 ]
Steinman, RC [1 ]
SacknerBernstein, J [1 ]
Packer, M [1 ]
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[1] COLUMBIA UNIV COLL PHYS & SURG, DIV CARDIOL, NEW YORK, NY 10032 USA
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10.1016/S0002-9149(97)00616-4
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To determine the effect of beta blockade on parasympathetic nervous system activity, we assessed RR variability during 24-hour Holter monitoring in 10 patients with congestive heart failure before and after 3 to 4 months of treatment with the beta blocker carvedilol. High-frequency-power increased from 26 to 64 ms(2), root-mean-square of successive differences in RR interval increased from 14.3 to 23.7 ms(2), and percentage of absolute differences >50 ms between successive normal RR intervals increased from 0.8% to 4.7%, all p <0.01, indicating a substantial increase in parasympathetic modulation of RR intervals.
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