Predictive value of heart rate in treatment of major depression with ketamine in two controlled trials
Clinical Neurophysiology March 14, 2021 Torsten M. Meyer, Martin Brunovský, Jiřı́ Horáček et al. 25 citations
OBJECTIVE: Ketamine has been shown to be effective in treatment of episodes of major depressive disorder (MDD). This controlled study aimed to analyse the predictive and discriminative power of heart rate (HR) and heart rate variability (HRV) for ketamine treatment in MDD. METHODS: In 51 patients, HR and HRV were assessed at baseline before and during ketamine infusion and 24 hours post...