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ArticleLife (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Role of Heart Rate Variability in the Association between Myocardial Infarction Severity and Post-Myocardial Infarction Distress.

Reham Dyab, Claudia Zuccarella-Hackl, Mary Princip, Sinthujan Sivakumar, Rebecca E Meister-Langraf, Hansjörg Znoj, Jean-Paul Schmid, Jürgen Barth, Ulrich Schnyder, Roland von Känel and 1 more

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Article in Life (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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11 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Reham DyabThe Cheryl Spencer Department of Nursing, Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Science, The University of Haifa, Haifa 3498838, Israel.ORCID 0000-0002-9483-1336
Claudia Zuccarella-HacklDepartment of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry and Psychosomatic Medicine, University Hospital Zürich, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland.
Mary PrincipDepartment of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry and Psychosomatic Medicine, University Hospital Zürich, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland.
Sinthujan SivakumarDepartment of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry and Psychosomatic Medicine, University Hospital Zürich, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland.
Rebecca E Meister-LangrafDepartment of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry and Psychosomatic Medicine, University Hospital Zürich, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland.
Hansjörg ZnojDepartment of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-5161-7428
Jean-Paul SchmidDepartment of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Clinic Gais AG, 9056 Gais, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-9008-8274
Jürgen BarthInstitute for Complementary and Integrative Medicine, University Hospital Zürich, University of Zürich, 8006 Zurich, Switzerland.
Ulrich SchnyderFaculty of Medicine, University of Zürich, 8006 Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-3556-7990
Roland von KänelDepartment of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry and Psychosomatic Medicine, University Hospital Zürich, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-8929-5129
Yori GidronThe Cheryl Spencer Department of Nursing, Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Science, The University of Haifa, Haifa 3498838, Israel.
University of Zurich · CHUniversity Hospital of Zurich · CHCarmel Medical Center · ILUniversity of Bern · CHUniversity of Haifa · IL

Funding

Swiss National Science Foundation grant 14096
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveMyocardial infarction (MI) results in mental health consequences, including depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The risk and protective factors of such mental consequences are not fully understood. This study examined the relation between MI severity and future mental health consequences and the moderating role of vagal nerve activity.

methodsIn a reanalysis of data from the Myocardial Infarction-Stress Prevention Intervention (MI-SPRINT) study, 154 post-MI patients participated. MI severity was measured by the Killip Scale and by troponin levels. Depression and PTSD symptoms were assessed with valid questionnaires, both at 3 and 12 months. Vagal nerve activity was indexed by the heart rate variability (HRV) parameter of the root-mean square of successive R-R differences (RMSSD). Following multivariate analyses, the association between MI severity and distress was examined in patients with low and high HRV (RMSSD = 30 ms).

resultsIn the full sample, the Killip index predicted post-MI distress only at 3 months, while troponin predicted distress at 3- and 12-months post-MI. However, HRV moderated the effects of the Killip classification; Killip significantly predicted symptoms of depression and PTSD at 3- and 12-months post-MI, but only in patients with low HRV. Such moderation was absent for troponin.

conclusionMI severity (Killip classification) predicted post-MI depression and PTSD symptoms, but only in patients with low HRV, suggesting that the vagal nerve is a partial protective (moderating) factor in the relation between Killip score and post-MI distress.

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depressive signs and symptomsheart rate determinationmoderationmyocardial infarctionpost-traumatic symptomsstress disorders

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