Combination of heart rate variability and ABCD2 score portends adverse outcomes after minor stroke or transient ischemic attack

The residual recurrent risk of stroke, which cannot be entirely explained by the traditional ABCD2 score, still existed. Heart rate variability (HRV), a method for reflecting the function of automatic nervous system (ANS), was a novel predictor of secondary stroke events. We aimed to investigate relationships of combined heart rate variability (HRV) and ABCD2 score with adverse outcomes after acute minor stroke (MS) or transient ischemic attack (TIA), and further investigate the independent associations between HRV and adverse outcomes after MS/TIA stratified by ABCD2 score.
Source: Journal of the Neurological Sciences - Category: Neurology Authors: Source Type: research