Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • Practice Point
  • Published:

Can the transfer function method of assessing baroreflex sensitivity predict outcome in heart failure patients?

Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine volume 3, pages 76–77 (2006)Cite this article

boxed-textPinna GD et al. (2005) Applicability and clinical relevance of the transfer function method in the assessment of baroreflex sensitivity in heart failure patients. J Am Coll Cardiol 46: 1314–1321

Background

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Access options

Buy this article

  • Purchase on Springer Link
  • Instant access to full article PDF
Buy now

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

References

  1. Stewart S et al. (2001) More 'malignant' than cancer? Five-year survival following a first admission for heart failure. Eur J Heart Fail 3: 315–322

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. Cleland JG and Clark AL (2003) Delivering the cumulative benefits of triple therapy to improve outcomes in heart failure: too many cooks will spoil the broth. J Am Coll Cardiol 42: 1234–1237

    Article  Google Scholar 

  3. Tsutamoto T et al. (1997) Attenuation of compensation of endogenous cardiac natriuretic peptide system in chronic heart failure: prognostic role of plasma brain natriuretic peptide concentration in patients with chronic symptomatic left ventricular dysfunction. Circulation 96: 509–516

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  4. Swedberg K et al. (2005) Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of chronic heart failure: executive summary (update 2005). Eur Heart J 26: 1115–1140

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgements

The synopsis was written by Hannah Camm, Associate Editor, Nature Clinical Practice.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Reader and Honorary Consultant Cardiologist at the Castle Hill Hospital, Hull, UK

    Andrew L Clark

Authors
  1. Andrew L Clark
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Andrew L Clark.

Ethics declarations

Competing interests

The author declares no competing financial interests.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Clark, A. Can the transfer function method of assessing baroreflex sensitivity predict outcome in heart failure patients?. Nat Rev Cardiol 3, 76–77 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpcardio0479

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpcardio0479

Search

Advanced search

Quick links

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing