Volume 6, Issue 12, Pages 1765-1771 (December 2009) Combined assessment of heart rate recovery and T-wave alternans during routine exercise testing improves prediction of total and cardiovascular mortality: The Finnish Cardiovascular Study Johanna Leino, BMS, Mikko Minkkinen, BMS, Tuomo Nieminen, MD, PhD, Terho Lehtimäki, MD, PhD, Jari Viik, PhD, Rami Lehtinen, PhD, Kjell Nikus, MD, Tiit Kööbi, MD, PhD, Väinö Turjanmaa, MD, PhD, Richard L. Verrier, PhD, Mika Kähönen, MD, PhD Heart Rhythm Volume 6, Issue 12, Pages 1765-1771 (December 2009) DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2009.08.015 Copyright © 2009 Heart Rhythm Society Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Incidence rate of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality per 1000 person-years among patients according to exercise-based T-wave alternans (TWA) and heart rate recovery (HRR). Heart Rhythm 2009 6, 1765-1771DOI: (10.1016/j.hrthm.2009.08.015) Copyright © 2009 Heart Rhythm Society Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Adjusted survival curves by Cox regression for subjects with exercise-based T-wave alternans (TWA) <60 μV and heart rate recovery (HRR) >18 bpm (top curve in both panels), TWA ≥60 μV or HRR ≤18 bpm (middle curve in both panels), and TWA ≥60 μV and HRR ≤18 bpm (bottom curve in both panels) for all-cause mortality (A) and cardiovascular mortality (B). Note that the scale for the y-axis is from 0.75 to 1.00. Heart Rhythm 2009 6, 1765-1771DOI: (10.1016/j.hrthm.2009.08.015) Copyright © 2009 Heart Rhythm Society Terms and Conditions
Figure 3 Adjusted survival curves by Cox regression for subjects with recovery-based T-wave alternans (TWA) <60 μV and heart rate recovery (HRR) >18 bpm (top curve in both panels), TWA ≥60 μV or HRR ≤18 bpm during recovery (middle curve in both panels), and TWA ≥60 μV and HRR ≤18 bpm during recovery (bottom curve in both panels) for all-cause mortality (A) and cardiovascular mortality (B). Note that the scale for the y-axis is from 0.75 to 1.00. Heart Rhythm 2009 6, 1765-1771DOI: (10.1016/j.hrthm.2009.08.015) Copyright © 2009 Heart Rhythm Society Terms and Conditions