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Chan PHY, Kwok KM, Chan MHM, Li AM, Chan IHS, Fok TF, Lam HS. Prenatal methylmercury exposure is associated with decrease heart rate variability in children. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2021; 200:111744. [PMID: 34310966 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2021.111744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2021] [Revised: 07/19/2021] [Accepted: 07/19/2021] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND Although several epidemiological studies have suggested mercury (Hg) might be associated with cardiotoxicity, the impact of Hg exposure on cardiac autonomic activity and blood pressure in children has not been investigated at Hg exposure levels equivalent to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reference dose. OBJECTIVE To investigate the association between low dose prenatal and recent methylmercury (MeHg) exposures and cardiac autonomic function and blood pressure with adjustment for factors such as fish consumption among children from a high fish consumption coastal city. METHODS Children aged 7-8 years were recruited from the birth cohort of our previous study. Heart rate variability (HRV), resting heart rate (RHR) and blood pressure were measured as surrogate markers of cardiac autonomic function. Cord blood and current whole blood Hg concentration were used as biomarkers of prenatal and recent MeHg exposure, respectively. Recent fish consumption information was estimated with a food frequency questionnaire. RESULTS Among 604 children, median cord blood and whole blood Hg concentrations were 45.9 nmol/L (IQR: 32.8-65.03 nmol/L) and 13.57 nmol/L (IQR: 9.29-19.72 nmol/L), respectively. Our results demonstrated that prenatal MeHg exposure was associated with decreased HRV (i.e. low CVRR, SDRR, and RMSSD), reflecting reduced parasympathetic activity (i.e. low CCVHF and HF), and a sympathovagal balance shift toward sympathetic predominance (i.e. high %LF and LF/HF ratio). Adjustment of recent fish consumption further increased the significance and magnitude of the adverse associations of MeHg. CONCLUSION The results of this study suggest that prenatal MeHg exposure is associated with decreased parasympathetic modulation of cardiac autonomic function in children.
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- Peggy Hiu Ying Chan
- Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong; Brain and Mind Institute, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Department of Chemical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Department of Chemical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
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Orphanidou C, Drobnjak I. Quality Assessment of Ambulatory ECG Using Wavelet Entropy of the HRV Signal. IEEE J Biomed Health Inform 2017; 21:1216-1223. [DOI: 10.1109/jbhi.2016.2615316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Shastry N, Mirajkar AM, Moodithaya SS, Halahalli HN. Resting heart rate variability and cardiorespiratory fitness in healthy young adults. INDIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SPECIALITIES 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.injms.2016.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Masters JA, Stevenson JS, Schaal SF. The Association Between Moderate Drinking and Heart Rate Variability in Healthy Community-Dwelling Older Women. Biol Res Nurs 2016; 5:222-33. [PMID: 14737923 DOI: 10.1177/1099800403261324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The relationships among moderate alcohol use, autonomic tone, and arrhythmogenesis in older adults have not been adequately studied. Knowledge about these relationships is of increasing importance in light of population aging and recent epidemiological findings that associate moderate alcohol use with decreased rates of coronary artery disease. The purpose of this study was to assess the association between moderate drinking and autonomic tone in older women. Fifty-two Caucasian female participants (age 69 ± 5.2) were enrolled in the study. Autonomic tone was estimated by time-domain and frequency-domain measures of heart rate variability. Multivariate analysis revealed that alcohol consumption rate in the sample accounted for approximately one third of the 24-h variability in the SDNN and the SDANN, measures of variability cycle lengths of 24-h and more than 5-min, respectively. Significant contributions of alcohol consumption rate to the shorter-term time-domain measures rMSSD and ASDNN, all frequency-domain measures, and HR were not confirmed. However, repeated measures ANOVA revealed that, between the hours of 0000 and 0600, women who drank approximately 0.5 to 3 standard drinks per day had significantly lower [log] HF and [log] LF power compared to abstainers and a tendency toward sympathetic predominance during the evening and nighttime hours. The authors discuss the implications of these findings.
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- Joan A Masters
- School of Nursing, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
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Wujtewicz MA, Hasak L, Twardowski P, Zabul E, Owczuk R. Evaluation of the relationship between baseline autonomic tone and the vagotonic effect of a bolus dose of remifentanil. Anaesthesia 2016; 71:823-8. [PMID: 27150915 DOI: 10.1111/anae.13505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/29/2016] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Remifentanil stimulates the parasympathetic nervous system, and patients with increased parasympathetic tone may be at greater risk of bradycardia after its administration. We aimed to establish if adult patients with increased baseline parasympathetic tone were at higher risk of bradycardia and hypotension when given a bolus dose of remifentanil. Seventy adults (age 20-60 years and ASA physical status 1 or 2) were given remifentanil 1 μg.kg(-1) . A Holter ECG monitor was used to assess heart rate changes. Heart rate variability in the frequency domain during the 5 min after remifentanil administration was analysed. Multivariate analysis demonstrated that baseline heart rate was the only independent predictor of remifentanil-induced bradycardia [odds ratio (95% CI) 0.877 (0.796-0.966)]. The vagotonic action of remifentanil does not appear to be related to baseline autonomic tone in adult patients.
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- M A Wujtewicz
- Department of Ophthalmology, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Cardiac Anaesthesiology, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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- Swissmed Vascular Hospital, Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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Karabacak K, Celik M, Kaya E, Kadan M, Arslan G, Demirkilic U. Autonomic imbalance assessed by time-domain heart rate variability indices in primary Raynaud's phenomenon. Cardiovasc J Afr 2015; 26:214-6. [PMID: 25876022 PMCID: PMC4780019 DOI: 10.5830/cvja-2015-032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2014] [Accepted: 03/24/2015] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Objectives The pathogenesis of primary Raynaud’s phenomenon (RP) seems to be multifactorial and autonomic nervous dysfunction is one factor. Heart rate variability (HRV) is one of the most reliable parameters to demonstrate autonomic dysfunction. Our aim was to evaluate the time-domain HRV in patients with primary RP. Methods A time analysis of HRV was performed in patients with primary RP and age- and gender-matched healthy controls. The results of the study and control group were compared. Results Thirty patients with primary RP [all men, median (IQR) age: 21 (2) years) and 31 age- and gender-matched healthy controls (median (IQR): 21(3) years) were enrolled in the study. We found a statistically significant difference between the primary RP patients and control subjects in terms of time-domain HRV parameters (p < 0.05 for all). Conclusion Our study showed the presence of autonomic nervous dysfunction of heart function in patients with primary RP.
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- Kubilay Karabacak
- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Gulhane Military Academy of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Cardiology, Gulhane Military Academy of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Gulhane Military Academy of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Gulhane Military Academy of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Gulhane Military Academy of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Gulhane Military Academy of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
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Değirmenci H, Bakırcı EM, Salcan İ, Demirelli S, Duman H, Ceyhun G, Küçüksu Z. Determination of correlation among heart rate variability, left atrium global strain, and nighttime blood pressure among patients with tinnitus. Med Sci Monit 2014; 20:1714-9. [PMID: 25249354 PMCID: PMC4191569 DOI: 10.12659/msm.890949] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Background We aimed to examine the correlation among nighttime blood pressure, heart rate variability, and left atrium peak systolic global longitudinal strain among patients with subjective tinnitus. Material/Methods Eighty patients with tinnitus were assigned to Group 1 and 80 healthy individuals were assigned to Group 2. Clinical blood pressure measurements, ambulatory blood pressure monitoring, and Holter electrocardiography monitoring were performed. All of the cases included in the study were examined with conventional echocardiography and 2-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography. Results Mean nighttime systolic blood pressure (130.3±5.4) and mean nighttime diastolic blood pressure (82.8±3.9) in Group 1 were higher than in Group 2 (125.1±5.4 and 80.7±4.7, respectively) (p<0.05). Mean heart rate in Group 1 was significantly lower than in Group 2 but there was no statistically significant difference between the groups in terms of heart rate variability parameters and left atrium peak systolic global longitudinal strain values (p>0.05). Conclusions Nighttime systolic blood pressure and nighttime diastolic blood pressure were higher among the patients with tinnitus. In light of these results, we can conclude that both clinical blood pressure measurement and ambulatory blood pressure monitoring are important for patients with tinnitus.
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- Hüsnü Değirmenci
- Department of Cardiology, Mengücek Gazi Education and Research Hospital, Erzincan University, Erzincan, Turkey
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- Department of Cardiology, Mengücek Gazi Education and Research Hospital, Erzincan University, Erzincan, Turkey
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Mengücek Gazi Education and Research Hospital, Erzincan University, Erzincan, Turkey
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- Department of Cardiology, Education and Research Hospital, Erzurum, Turkey
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- Department of Cardiology, Rize University, Rize, Turkey
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- Department of Cardiology, Mengücek Gazi Education and Research Hospital, Erzincan University, Erzincan, Turkey
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- Department of Cardiology, Mengücek Gazi Education and Research Hospital, Erzincan University, Erzincan, Turkey
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Taranto Montemurro L, Floras JS, Picton P, Kasai T, Alshaer H, Gabriel JM, Bradley TD. Relationship of heart rate variability to sleepiness in patients with obstructive sleep apnea with and without heart failure. J Clin Sleep Med 2014; 10:271-276. [PMID: 24634624 PMCID: PMC3927432 DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.3526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND Many patients with severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) do not complain of excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS), possibly due to increased sympathetic nervous activity (SNA) and accompanying heightened alertness. We hypothesized that in patients with OSA, those without subjective EDS (Epworth Sleepiness Scale, ESS score < 11) would have higher very low frequency (VLF) heart rate variability (HRV) during sleep, reflecting greater sympathetic heart rate modulation than patients with an ESS score ≥ 11. METHODS Patients with severe OSA (AHI ≥ 30: 26 with and 65 without heart failure) were divided into those with and without EDS. Heart rate (HR) signals were acquired in stage 2 sleep during periods of recurrent apneas and hypopneas and submitted to coarse graining spectral analysis, which extracts harmonic, neurally mediated contributions to HRV from total spectral power. Because the apnea-hyperpnea cycle entrains muscle SNA at VLF (0 to 0.04 Hz), VLF power was our principal between-group comparison. RESULTS Subjects without EDS had higher harmonic VLF power (944 ± 839 vs 447 ± 461 msec(2), p = 0.003) than those with EDS, irrespective of the presence or absence of heart failure (1218 ± 944 vs 426 ± 299 msec(2), p = 0.043, and 1029 ± 873 vs 503 ± 533 msec(2), p = 0.003, respectively). ESS scores correlated inversely with VLF power in all (r = -0.294, p = 0.005) and in heart failure subjects (r = -0.468, p = 0.016). CONCLUSIONS Patients with severe OSA but without EDS have higher VLF-HRV than those with EDS. This finding suggests that patients with severe OSA but without EDS have greater sympathetic modulation of HRV than those with EDS that may reflect elevated adrenergically mediated alertness. CITATION Taranto Montemurro L; Floras JS; Picton P; Kasai T; Alshaer H; Gabriel JM; Bradley TD. Relationship of heart rate variability to sleepiness in patients with obstructive sleep apnea with and without heart failure.
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- Luigi Taranto Montemurro
- Sleep Research Laboratory of the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute
- Centre for Sleep Medicine and Circadian Biology of the University of Toronto
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- the Departments of Medicine of the University Health Network Toronto General Hospital
- Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- the Departments of Medicine of the University Health Network Toronto General Hospital
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- Sleep Research Laboratory of the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute
- Centre for Sleep Medicine and Circadian Biology of the University of Toronto
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- Sleep Research Laboratory of the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute
- Centre for Sleep Medicine and Circadian Biology of the University of Toronto
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- Sleep Research Laboratory of the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute
- Centre for Sleep Medicine and Circadian Biology of the University of Toronto
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- Sleep Research Laboratory of the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute
- Centre for Sleep Medicine and Circadian Biology of the University of Toronto
- the Departments of Medicine of the University Health Network Toronto General Hospital
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Gursul E, Bayata S, Tuluce SY, Berilgen R, Safak O, Ozdemir E, Tuluce K. Parameters of heart rate variability can predict prolonged asystole before head-up tilt table test. Ann Noninvasive Electrocardiol 2014; 19:477-82. [PMID: 24589251 DOI: 10.1111/anec.12149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND We aimed to evaluate whether heart rate variability (HRV) could predict prolonged asystole before head-up tilt table test (HUTT) by comparing time domain HRV parameters of patients with type 2B vasovagal syncope (VVS) and patients with other types of VVS. METHODS Ninety-eight patients who examined with 24-hour Holter electrocardiogram monitoring before HUTT and diagnosed with VVS were enrolled. Patients were divided into two groups in accordance with their VVS type as group 1 (n = 43) consisting of patients with type 2B VVS and group 2 (n = 57) consisting of patients with other types of VVS. Time domain HRV parameters (SDNN, SDANN, SDNN index, RMSSD, pNN50) of two groups were compared. ROC curve analysis was performed to predict best cutoff values that could prognosticate occurrence of prolonged asystole during HUTT. RESULTS SDNN, SDANN, SDNN index values were significantly longer for group 1 compared to group 2 (P = 0.009, P = 0.006, P = 0.004; respectively). While a SDNN cutoff value of ≥151 ms predicted occurrence of type 2B VVS before HUTT with 69% sensitivity and 56% specificity, a SDANN value of ≥164 ms had 47% sensitivity and 87% specificity and a SDNN index value of ≥102 ms showed 40% sensitivity and 85% specificity. CONCLUSIONS In our study, we tried to demonstrate prediction of prolonged asystole by analyzing HRV parameters before HUTT. We found out that time domain HRV parameters were longer in patients with type 2B VVS than patients with other types of VVS. Our results need to be supported by extensive studies.
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- Erdal Gursul
- Buca Seyfidemirsoy State Hospital, Izmir, Turkey
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Collet C, Di Rienzo F, El Hoyek N, Guillot A. Autonomic nervous system correlates in movement observation and motor imagery. Front Hum Neurosci 2013; 7:415. [PMID: 23908623 PMCID: PMC3726866 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2013] [Accepted: 07/11/2013] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The purpose of the current article is to provide a comprehensive overview of the literature offering a better understanding of the autonomic nervous system (ANS) correlates in motor imagery (MI) and movement observation. These are two high brain functions involving sensori-motor coupling, mediated by memory systems. How observing or mentally rehearsing a movement affect ANS activity has not been extensively investigated. The links between cognitive functions and ANS responses are not so obvious. We will first describe the organization of the ANS whose main purposes are controlling vital functions by maintaining the homeostasis of the organism and providing adaptive responses when changes occur either in the external or internal milieu. We will then review how scientific knowledge evolved, thus integrating recent findings related to ANS functioning, and show how these are linked to mental functions. In turn, we will describe how movement observation or MI may elicit physiological responses at the peripheral level of the autonomic effectors, thus eliciting autonomic correlates to cognitive activity. Key features of this paper are to draw a step-by step progression from the understanding of ANS physiology to its relationships with high mental processes such as movement observation or MI. We will further provide evidence that mental processes are co-programmed both at the somatic and autonomic levels of the central nervous system (CNS). We will thus detail how peripheral physiological responses may be analyzed to provide objective evidence that MI is actually performed. The main perspective is thus to consider that, during movement observation and MI, ANS activity is an objective witness of mental processes.
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- C Collet
- Mental processes and Motor Performance Laboratory, EA 647 CRIS, University of Lyon - Claude Bernard University Lyon 1 Villeurbanne Cedex, France
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Harrison RL, Clark L, Corletto F. Comparison of mean heart rate in anaesthetized dachshunds and other breeds of dog undergoing spinal magnetic resonance imaging. Vet Anaesth Analg 2012; 39:230-5. [PMID: 22405350 DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-2995.2011.00694.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Clinical experience suggests that dachshunds are prone to bradycardia during general anaesthesia (GA). The study investigated mean heart rates in anaesthetized dachshunds and other breeds of dog. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective clinical study. ANIMALS Sixty one dachshunds and 62 dogs of other breeds met inclusion criteria. METHODS Clinical records of small breed dogs undergoing GA for spinal Magnetic Resonance Imaging between September 2008 and March 2010 were identified and examined. Data collected included drugs administered, baseline heart (HR) and respiratory (f(R) ) rates and rectal temperature. The following information was noted from anaesthetic records: HR, f(R) , mean non-invasive arterial pressure and end-tidal carbon dioxide (Pe'CO(2)) and anaesthetic agent (Fe'agent) during the first 60 minutes of anaesthesia; rectal temperature at a time closest to the cessation of anaesthesia, ventilatory mode (spontaneous/mechanical) and fluid infusion rate. Univariate analysis with Student t-test and Fisher's test identified parameters significant in predicting a lowered HR. A multivariate analysis investigated their effect on the mean HR during GA. RESULTS No differences were found between groups regarding: age, baseline HR, baseline temperature, incidence of hypotension, Fe'agent, mean Pe'CO(2) and fluid infusion rate. Body mass was smaller for dachshunds (6.7 ± 1.5 kg) compared to other breeds (7.8 ± 1.8 kg) (p = 0.0005). The lowest HR recorded was lower in dachshunds (64 ± 19 beats minute(-1)) compared to other breeds (72 ± 21 beats minute(-1)) (p = 0.03). Mean HR was lower in dachshunds (75 ± 21 beats minute(-1)) compared to other breeds (84 ± 21 beats minute(-1)) (p = 0.02). Post-procedural temperature (°C) was lower in dachshunds (35.5 ± 1.1) compared to other breeds (36.1 ± 1.2) (p = 0.007) and anticholinergics were also administered more frequently (p = 0.026). Multivariate analysis identified that breed and mean Pe'CO(2) affected mean HR during anaesthesia. CONCLUSION This study supported our hypothesis that dachshunds have a lower mean HR under GA than other small breed dogs.
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Katerndahl D, Ferrer R, Best R, Wang CP. Dynamic patterns in mood among newly diagnosed patients with major depressive episode or panic disorder and normal controls. PRIMARY CARE COMPANION TO THE JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHIATRY 2011; 9:183-7. [PMID: 17632650 PMCID: PMC1911176 DOI: 10.4088/pcc.v09n0303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2006] [Accepted: 10/31/2006] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The purpose of this pilot study was to compare the dynamic patterns of hourly mood variation among newly diagnosed primary care patients with major depressive disorder or panic disorder with patterns in patients with neither disorder. METHOD Five adult patients with major depressive episode, 5 with panic disorder, and 5 with neither disorder were asked to complete hourly self-assessments of anxiety and depression (using 100-mm visual analog scales) for each hour they were awake during a 30-day period. Time series were analyzed using ARIMA (autoregression, integration, moving average) modeling (to assess periodicity), Lyapunov exponents (to assess sensitivity to initial conditions indicative of chaotic patterns), and correlation dimension saturation (to assess whether an attractor is limiting change). The study was conducted from March to June 2003. RESULTS Controls displayed circadian rhythms with underlying chaotic variability. Depressed patients did not display circadian rhythm, but did show chaotic dynamics. Panic disorder patients showed circadian rhythms, but 2 of the 4 patients completing the self-assessments displayed nonchaotic underlying patterns. CONCLUSIONS Patients with major depressive disorder or panic disorder may differ from controls and from each other in their patterns of mood variability. There is a need for more research on the dynamics of mood among patients with mental disorders.
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- David Katerndahl
- Department of Family and Community Medicine and the Department of Medicine, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
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PURPOSE The objective of this study is to evaluate the effects of heat and massage application on autonomic nervous system. MATERIALS AND METHODS One hundred thirty-nine subjects volunteered and completed this study. Heat and massage was daily applied for 40 minutes, 5 days a week for 2 weeks. Primary-dependent measures included heart rate variability, sympathetic skin response, and serum cortisol and norepinephrine levels. RESULTS Serum cortisol levels were significantly decreased at 2 weeks compared to baseline (p=0.003). Plasma norepinephrine levels at 4 weeks were significantly decreased compared to baseline (p=0.010). Heart rate, using the power spectra, increased significantly after 2 weeks compared to baseline. Of autonomic nerve conduction measures, latency was significantly increased at 2 and 4 weeks compared to baseline (p=0.023, 0.012), and amplitude was significantly decreased at 4 weeks compared to baseline (p=0.008). There were no serious adverse events such as burns or other major complications. CONCLUSION The results of this study suggest that heat and massage applications provide relaxation to the autonomic nervous system without serious adverse events.
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- Young-Hee Lee
- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Wonju Christian Hospital, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Wonju Christian Hospital, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Wonju Christian Hospital, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea
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A mouse model of high trait anxiety shows reduced heart rate variability that can be reversed by anxiolytic drug treatment. Int J Neuropsychopharmacol 2011; 14:1341-55. [PMID: 21320392 PMCID: PMC3198175 DOI: 10.1017/s1461145711000058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Increasing evidence suggests that specific physiological measures may serve as biomarkers for successful treatment to alleviate symptoms of pathological anxiety. Studies of autonomic function investigating parameters such as heart rate (HR), HR variability and blood pressure (BP) indicated that HR variability is consistently reduced in anxious patients, whereas HR and BP data show inconsistent results. Therefore, HR and HR variability were measured under various emotionally challenging conditions in a mouse model of high innate anxiety (high anxiety behaviour; HAB) vs. control normal anxiety-like behaviour (NAB) mice. Baseline HR, HR variability and activity did not differ between mouse lines. However, after cued Pavlovian fear conditioning, both elevated tachycardia and increased fear responses were observed in HAB mice compared to NAB mice upon re-exposure to the conditioning stimulus serving as the emotional stressor. When retention of conditioned fear was tested in the home cage, HAB mice again displayed higher fear responses than NAB mice, while the HR responses were similar. Conversely, in both experimental settings HAB mice consistently exhibited reduced HR variability. Repeated administration of the anxiolytic NK1 receptor antagonist L-822429 lowered the conditioned fear response and shifted HR dynamics in HAB mice to a more regular pattern, similar to that in NAB mice. Additional receiver-operating characteristic (ROC) analysis demonstrated the high specificity and sensitivity of HR variability to distinguish between normal and high anxiety trait. These findings indicate that assessment of autonomic response in addition to freezing might be a useful indicator of the efficacy of novel anxiolytic treatments.
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Kop WJ, Synowski SJ, Newell ME, Schmidt LA, Waldstein SR, Fox NA. Autonomic nervous system reactivity to positive and negative mood induction: the role of acute psychological responses and frontal electrocortical activity. Biol Psychol 2011; 86:230-8. [PMID: 21182891 PMCID: PMC3061260 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2010.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2010] [Revised: 12/09/2010] [Accepted: 12/10/2010] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The differential effects of positive versus negative emotions on autonomic nervous system activity are insufficiently understood. This study examined the role of acute mood responses and central nervous system activity on heart rate variability (HRV) using 5-min event recall tasks (happiness and anger recall) and a 5-min Stroop Color Word Test (SCWT) in 20 healthy individuals (mean age 25 ± 4 years, 55% female). HRV was measured in high frequency (HF) and low frequency (LF) domains, and frontal brain activity using electroencephalography (EEG) in the alpha frequency band in F3 and F4. Happiness Recall resulted in increased LF-HRV (p = 0.005) but not HF-HRV (p=0.71). Anger Recall did not change HRV (p-values > 0.10). The SCWT produced decreases in HF-HRV (p = 0.001) as well as LF-HRV (p = 0.001). The magnitude of feeling "happy" during Happiness Recall was positively correlated with ΔHF-HRV (p = 0.050), whereas an incongruent mood state ("frustrated") was associated with smaller ΔHF-HRV (p = 0.070). Associations between frontal EEG activation and HRV responses were mostly non-significant, except for increased right frontal activation during Happiness Recall which was associated with a decrease in LF/HF ratio (p = 0.009). It is concluded that positive and negative mood induction result in differential HRV responses, which is related to both task valence and the intensity of task-induced emotions.
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- Willem J Kop
- Department of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
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English BA, Appalsamy M, Diedrich A, Ruggiero AM, Lund D, Wright J, Keller NR, Louderback KM, Robertson D, Blakely RD. Tachycardia, reduced vagal capacity, and age-dependent ventricular dysfunction arising from diminished expression of the presynaptic choline transporter. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2010; 299:H799-810. [PMID: 20601463 PMCID: PMC2944482 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00170.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2010] [Accepted: 06/23/2010] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Healthy cardiovascular function relies on a balanced and responsive integration of noradrenergic and cholinergic innervation of the heart. High-affinity choline uptake by cholinergic terminals is pivotal for efficient ACh production and release. To date, the cardiovascular impact of diminished choline transporter (CHT) expression has not been directly examined, largely due to the transporter's inaccessibility in vivo. Here, we describe findings from cardiovascular experiments using transgenic mice that bear a CHT genetic deficiency. Whereas CHT knockout (CHT(-/-)) mice exhibit early postnatal lethality, CHT heterozygous (CHT(+/-)) mice survive, grow, and reproduce normally and exhibit normal spontaneous behaviors. However, the CHT(+/-) mouse heart displays significantly reduced levels of high-affinity choline uptake accompanied by significantly reduced levels of ACh. Telemeterized recordings of cardiovascular function in these mice revealed tachycardia and hypertension at rest. After treadmill exercise, CHT(+/-) mice exhibited slower heart rate recovery, consistent with a diminished cholinergic reserve, a contention validated through direct vagal nerve stimulation. Echocardiographic and histological experiments revealed an age-dependent decrease in fractional shortening, increased left ventricular dimensions, and increased ventricular fibrosis, consistent with ventricular dysfunction. These cardiovascular phenotypes of CHT(+/-) mice encourage an evaluation of humans bearing reduced CHT expression for their resiliency in maintaining proper heart function as well as risk for cardiovascular disease.
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- Brett A English
- Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-8548, USA
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Bergovec M, Orlic D. Orthopaedic surgeons' cardiovascular response during total hip arthroplasty. Clin Orthop Relat Res 2008; 466:411-6. [PMID: 18196425 PMCID: PMC2505136 DOI: 10.1007/s11999-007-0037-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2007] [Accepted: 09/10/2007] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The literature contains limited and contradictory information regarding the amount of physical effort and/or emotional stress needed to perform surgery. We therefore investigated cardiovascular response to psychophysical stress in orthopaedic surgeons while they were performing surgery. We monitored 29 male orthopaedic surgeons from four university centers while they performed total hip arthroplasties. Changes in their cardiovascular parameters were recorded by ambulatory monitoring methods. Exercise stress testing of each participant was used as a control state. We compared the cardiovascular response during surgery to energy requirements of everyday activities. Preoperative and postoperative testing showed lower values of cardiovascular parameters than during physically less difficult parts of the operation; physically more difficult phases of the operation additionally increased the values of parameters. We concluded performing total hip arthroplasty increases surgeons' cardiovascular parameters because of psychologic stress and physical effort. Excitement of the cardiovascular system during total hip arthroplasty appears similar to the excitement during moderate-intensity daily activities, such as walking the dog, leisurely bicycling, or climbing stairs.
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- Marko Bergovec
- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Zagreb University School of Medicine and Clinical Hospital Centre Zagreb, Salata 7, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Zagreb University School of Medicine and Clinical Hospital Centre Zagreb, Salata 7, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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Gilman MP, Floras JS, Usui K, Kaneko Y, Leung RST, Bradley TD. Continuous positive airway pressure increases heart rate variability in heart failure patients with obstructive sleep apnoea. Clin Sci (Lond) 2008; 114:243-9. [PMID: 17824846 DOI: 10.1042/cs20070172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Patients with heart failure or OSA (obstructive sleep apnoea) have reduced HF-HRV (high-frequency heart rate variability), indicating reduced cardiac vagal modulation, a marker of poor prognosis. CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure) abolishes OSA in patients with heart failure, but effects on daytime HF-HRV have not been determined. We hypothesized that, in patients with heart failure, treatment of coexisting OSA by CPAP would increase morning HF-HRV. In 19 patients with heart failure (left ventricular ejection fraction <45%) and OSA (≥20 apnoeas and hypopnoeas/h of sleep), HF-HRV was quantified before and 1 month after randomization to a control or CPAP-treated group. In the control group (n=7), there were no changes in HF-HRV over the 1 month study during wakefulness in the morning. In the CPAP-treated group (n=12) HF-HRV increased significantly during wakefulness in the morning [from 2.43±0.55 to 2.82±0.50 log(ms2/Hz); P=0.002] due to an increase in transfer function between changes in lung volume and changes in HF-HRV (92.37±96.03 to 219.07±177.14 ms/l; P=0.01). In conclusion, treatment of coexisting OSA by nocturnal CPAP in patients with heart failure increases HF-HRV during morning wakefulness, indicating improved vagal modulation of heart rate. This may contribute to improved prognosis.
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- Matthew P Gilman
- Sleep and Cardiovascular Physiology Research Laboratories, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Early mother-infant interaction, a potentially major contributor to the development of a premature infant's behavioral and physiologic regulation, has received very little research attention. This study examined the development of physiologic regulation in relation to maternal-infant feeding interaction for 43 premature infants, from the time caregiving responsibility was transferred to the mother through each infant's 4th postterm month. Infants and mothers were seen in a special care nursery just before discharge and in home at 1 and 4 months postterm age. General linear mixed models were used to examine the changes in infant heart rate variability (HRV) and Positive Affective Involvement and Sensitivity/Responsiveness scores over time and infant HRV over feeding conditions (prefeeding, feeding, and postfeeding). Significant differences were found for high-frequency and low-frequency HRV over time (p < .001 and p = .014, respectively). However, maternal feeding behavior did not show a significant effect of time (p = .24). The feeding condition effect on high-frequency HRV was significant (p < .001), with HRV lower during feeding compared to both prefeeding and postfeeding. Maternal feeding behavior was not associated with infant HRV. Discovering the ways in which maternal feeding behavior contributes to infant physiologic regulation may require study of the relationship of HRV to infant feeding behavior.
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- Lisa Brown
- School of Nursing, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298-0567, USA.
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Zamarrón C, Pichel F, Romero PV. Coherence between oxygen saturation and heart rate obtained from pulse oximetric recordings in obstructive sleep apnoea. Physiol Meas 2005; 26:799-810. [PMID: 16088069 DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/26/5/017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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In obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) cyclical changes in oxygen saturation and heart rate in the period range of 30-120 s are observed. In these patients, we prospectively analyse the coherence of nocturnal SaO(2) and heart rate signals. A sample of 201 clinically suspected of having OSA were studied using nocturnal pulse oximetric and complete polysomnography. Coherence function versus period curves were categorized into three patterns: a positive pattern showing a predominant positive peak value of coherence in the period range of 30-120 s; a negative pattern if the predominant coherence was negative in the same range; and an undetermined pattern if no predominance was detected. One hundred and thirteen patients present a positive coherence pattern; 74.3% of these have OSA. A negative coherence pattern was observed for 28 patients; 85.7% of these have OSA. The remaining 60 patients present an undetermined pattern. Patients with OSA presented significantly higher maximal positive coherence and maximal negative coherence than those without OSA. We conclude that OSA patients present dynamic coordination and interdependence between SaO(2) and heart rate in specific frequencies.
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- C Zamarrón
- Sleep Unit, Division of Respiratory Medicine, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
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Jhun HJ, Kim H, Paek DM. The association between blood metal concentrations and heart rate variability: a cross-sectional study. Int Arch Occup Environ Health 2005; 78:243-7. [PMID: 15754204 DOI: 10.1007/s00420-004-0591-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2004] [Accepted: 09/15/2004] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Analysis of heart rate variability (HRV) is useful for measuring cardiovascular autonomic function. The effects of blood metals on cardiovascular autonomic function have not been studied extensively. The objective of the present study was to determine the association between the concentrations of blood metals, including toxic and essential trace elements, and cardiovascular autonomic function, based on HRV, in subjects without clinical cardiovascular diseases. METHODS The subjects were public officials and their family members (n = 331) in a district of Seoul, Republic of Korea. Age, height, weight, smoking habits, medical history, blood pressure, electrocardiogram (ECG) recording, and chest X-ray were assessed by means of a self-administered questionnaire and medical examination. Blood metal concentrations (blood Pb, As, and Cd; serum Al, Co, Cu, and Zn) were measured by inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry. HRV parameters (low frequency, LF; high frequency, HF; total power spectrum, TPS) were measured with LRR-03 and MemCalc software (GMS, Japan). RESULTS The concentrations of each of the blood metals were almost within normal ranges. Age and heart rate were negatively associated with LF, HF, and TPS (P< 0.01). Whole-blood Cd concentrations were negatively associated with LF (P< 0.01) and HF (P< 0.05). Serum Zn concentrations were positively associated with LF and TPS (P< 0.01). CONCLUSION Our study suggests that levels of blood metals even within normal ranges may affect heart rate variability.
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- Hyung-Joon Jhun
- Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Hangang Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University, Seoul, Korea
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Ozdemr O, Soylu M, Demr AD, Geyk B, Alyan O, Chan G, Topaloglu S, Aras D, Balbay Y, Sasmaz H. Do collaterals affect heart rate variability in patients with acute myocardial infarction? Coron Artery Dis 2004; 15:405-11. [PMID: 15492589 DOI: 10.1097/00019501-200411000-00007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND The protective effects and the prognostic importance of collaterals during and after acute myocardial infarction (MI) are under debate and heart rate variability (HRV) is a strong predictor of risk of mortality and arrhythmic events after acute MI. We aimed to examine the effects of collateral circulation on HRV in the early period after acute MI. METHODS Sixty-four patients admitted to our clinics who were diagnosed with acute anterior MI and underwent thrombolytic therapy were enrolled in this study. We applied 24 h Holter monitoring for HRV analysis to all patients and compared the patients with and without collaterals to the infarct-related artery. RESULTS Mean heart rate, low frequency (LF) (day, night and 24 h) and LF/high frequency (HF) (day, night and 24 h) were higher, SD of all NN intervals (SDNN), root mean square of successive differences (RMSSD), number of NN intervals that differed by more than 50 ms from the adjacent interval divided by the total number of all NN intervals (PNN50) and HF night values were lower in patients without collaterals than in those with collaterals. SDNN was negatively correlated with left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) stenosis, ventricle score indices and left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF); LF/HF ratio was positively correlated with ventricle score indices and negatively correlated with LVEF and Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction flow grade. Linear regression analysis showed that ventricle score index and coronary collaterals affect HRV and LAD stenosis, ventricle score, LVEF and coronary collaterals affect LF/HF ratio. A SDNN <80 ms increased the development of ventricular arrhythmias in the early period by 4.7 fold, a LF/HF ratio >2.7 increased it by 9.8 fold and a LVEF <35% increased it by 12.8 fold, whereas the presence of well-developed collaterals decreased the arrhythmia development by 2.5 fold. CONCLUSIONS The collaterals to the infarct-related artery have great impact on HRV, autonomic nervous system activity and the development of ventricular arrhythmias in patients with acute anterior MI. Our results suggest a protective role of collaterals on myocardial electrophysiology in the early period after acute MI.
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- Ozcan Ozdemr
- Cardiology Clinics, Yüksek Ihtisas Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
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Li X, Tang D, Zhou S, Zhou G, Wang C, Zhuang Y, Wu G, Shen L. Redistribution of power spectrum of heart rate variability during acute umbilical artery embolism and hypoxemia in late-gestation fetal sheep. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 2004; 114:137-43. [PMID: 15140505 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2003.10.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2003] [Revised: 08/04/2003] [Accepted: 10/08/2003] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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OBJECTS Fetal heart rate variability (HRV) is subject to a number of factors, including fetal distress. The aim of this study was to investigate the power spectral distribution of fetal heart rate variability during acute hypoxemia following umbilical artery embolism and to test the hypothesis that the relative proportion of frequency domains in total power of HRV, reflects the changes in HRV during hypoxemia more closely than the absolute values. METHODS Acute hypoxemia was induced in seven catheterized late-gestation fetal sheep by repeated injections of microspheres to cause umbilical artery embolism. The very-low, low-, middle- and high-frequency domains (0-0.025, 0.025-0.125, 0.125-0.20, and 0.20-0.50 cycles/beat, respectively) were determined by power spectral analysis. RESULTS Umbilical artery embolism induced marked fetal hypoxemia, hypercapnia and acidosis, accompanied by an increase in heart rate and a decrease in arterial blood pressure. These changes were associated with the increase in power over the entire frequency range and in the relative power in the low-frequency range (P<0.01), and with decrease in the relative power in the high-frequency range (P<0.05). Correlations were found between the relative power in the low- and high-frequency ranges and PO2 and between the relative power in these ranges and mean arterial blood pressure (P<0.05), but not PCO2 or pH. CONCLUSIONS The present study indicates that acute hypoxemia induced by umbilical artery embolism leads to the redistribution of power spectral density of fetal HRV and that the relative proportion of individual frequency domains may reflect the changes in HRV during acute hypoxemia more closely than the absolute power values.
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- Xiaotian Li
- The Obstetrics & Gynecology Hospital, Fudan University, 419 Fangxie Road, Shanghai 200011, China.
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Brown LK. Entropy isn't what it used to be: applying thermodynamics to respiration in sleep. Chest 2003; 123:9-12. [PMID: 12527593 DOI: 10.1378/chest.123.1.9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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Negoes R, Istrătescu O, Dincă-Panaitescu M, Dincă-Panaitescu E, Achim A. QT & RR variability spots the earliest autonomic deregulation in diabetes. Fading of vagal sino-atrial drive but not of sympathetic ventricular responsiveness to life challenges. Integr Psychol Behav Sci 2002; 37:151-61. [PMID: 12186309 DOI: 10.1007/bf02688827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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27 consecutive insulin-dependent diabetic patients (pts), under 50 years, with blood glucose controlled within normal limits and no significant or multiple cardiovascular/neurological complications in the lights of clinical tests, went through a protocol as follows: laiddown at relaxed rest for 10 min, then stood-up quietly for 7 min, and finally experienced a stress-interview for 10 min while supine. A thoracic ECG lead was digitized at I ms (Codas, Dataq Instr.), RR and QT intervals were software-detected, resampled at 500 ms, and Fourier-transformed over 3 min epochs to get auto-or cross-spectra. RR-by-QT mean square coherence detached the RR-independent fraction of QT low fequency (LF) spectral power, called idioventricular QT-LF. We detected autonomic impairment of three types (discriminant score = 92.31%), presumably differentiated upon the locus of lesion, using RR's basal variance and mean RR shortening when standing as follows: (I) RR shortening > 200 ms in 10 pts; (II) normal RR shortening but no RR variance in 4 pts; (III) stiff RR around 600 ms and no RR variance in 2 pts. The above pts have been excluded from further analysis. The remaining 11 pts with no such impairments (5M and 6F, 36.4 y +/- 4.4 SD, history of 6.0 y +/- 5.2) have been compared with 11 normal subjects in an age and gender-paired control group in two steps. Step 1: Preliminary MANOVA/ANOVA showed significant effects on the ensemble of spectral variables of every single factor (status: normal or patient group; intervention; gender) with no significant factor interactions. Significant effects of intervention or status on main RR spectral variables and on a few QT spectral variables were also documented. Step 2: Non-parametric tests showed that diabetics had (mildly to moderately) shorter mean RR, while their RR-LF was always significantly lower than those found in normals--a difference propagated to QT-LF but not to idioventricular QT-LF. In the intra-group there were similar responses to interventions except stress with respect to mean RR. Consistent reduction in RR-LF under moderate or no change in mean RR suggests vagal down- regulation that, judging by idioventricular QT-LF showing, goes perhaps before a similar process with sympathetic control of ventricles. This phase delay may introduce an early arrhythmic risk worth dealing with in secondary prevention.
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- Radu Negoes
- East European Institute of Clinical Engineering, AISTEDA University.
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Failure to thrive (FTT) is a syndrome of growth failure that results in an infant who is behaviorally difficult. The current thinking is that FTT results from a problematic infant-mother interaction, with the infant making a significant contribution to the interactional process. It is possible that the behavioral characteristics of the infant with FTT may be related to underlying physiologic response patterns, specifically, activity of the autonomic nervous system. The purpose of this study is to examine the relationships among behavioral responsiveness, heart rate variability as a marker of autonomic nervous system activity, and nutritional status in infants with FTT. Infants with FTT were matched with healthy growing infants (n = 14 pairs). Results from the study indicated that infants with FTT exhibited considerably more negative behaviors and exhibited low heart rate variability. It appears that there may be a physiologic basis to the behaviors that are exhibited by infants with FTT. Prospective research is needed to further clarify this relationship.
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- D K Steward
- College of Nursing, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
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Urbina EM, Bao W, Pickoff AS, Berenson GS. Ethnic (Black-White) Contrasts in 24-Hour Heart Rate Variability in Male Adolescents with High and Low Blood Pressure: The Bogalusa Heart Study. Ann Noninvasive Electrocardiol 2000. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-474x.2000.tb00389.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Calvert CA, Jacobs GJ. Heart rate variability in Doberman Pinschers with and without echocardiographic evidence of dilated cardiomyopathy. Am J Vet Res 2000; 61:506-11. [PMID: 10803644 DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2000.61.506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To characterize the salient variables of the time-domain analysis of heart rate variability (HRV) in clinically normal Doberman Pinschers and to compare those variables with those of Doberman Pinschers with cardiomyopathy and mild to moderate myocardial failure. ANIMALS 46 Doberman Pinschers. PROCEDURE HRV was analyzed in the time-domain from 24-hour Holter recordings obtained from 28 Doberman Pinschers with normal echocardiograms and 18 Doberman Pinschers with echocardiograms consistent with mild to moderate myocardial failure. RESULTS Significant differences in HRV variables between the 2 groups of dogs were not detected. The HRV was greater during the nighttime (12 AM to 6 AM), compared with the 24-hour day and an 18-hour (6 AM to 12 AM) period. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE HRV of dogs with mild to moderate myocardial failure was not different from that of clinically normal dogs, because there were no disturbances of autonomic balance, baroreceptor function, and other factors that influence HRV in the dogs with cardiomyopathy, or the sensitivity of time-domain analysis was overwhelmed by normal sinus arrhythmia. The techniques now used to study HRV have important limitations, especially in dogs, and better noninvasive tests of autonomic function are needed.
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- C A Calvert
- Department of Small Animal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens 30602, USA
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Lopera G, Huikuri HV, Makikallio TH, Castellanos A, Myerburg RJ. [Ischemic sudden death: critical analysis of risk markers. Part VIII]. Rev Esp Cardiol 2000; 53:568-78. [PMID: 10758034 DOI: 10.1016/s0300-8932(00)75127-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Coronary artery disease is responsible for approximately 75-80% of sudden cardiac deaths in most industrialized countries. Risk factors can be divided in those which suggest structural heart disease and those reflecting abnormal physiological markers. Therapeutic strategies for primary prevention of sudden cardiac death require careful scrutiny. The systematic use of risk markers to identify and stratify high risk groups may be of help to establish primary prevention measures in daily practice. Different methods to stratify risk factors using ejection fraction, ventricular arrhythmias, heart rate variability, baroreflex sensitivity, and dispersion of repolarization are discussed in this article.
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- G Lopera
- Division of Cardiology. University of Miami School of Medicine. EE. UU.
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Michaels AD, Goldschlager N. Risk stratification after acute myocardial infarction in the reperfusion era. Prog Cardiovasc Dis 2000; 42:273-309. [PMID: 10661780 DOI: 10.1053/pcad.2000.0420273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Historically, risk stratification for survivors of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) has centered on 3 principles: assessment of left ventricular function, detection of residual myocardial ischemia, and estimation of the risk for sudden cardiac death. Although these factors still have important prognostic implications for these patients, our ability to predict adverse cardiac events has significantly improved over the last several years. Recent studies have identified powerful predictors of adverse cardiac events available from the patient history, physical examination, initial electrocardiogram, and blood testing early in the evaluation of patients with AMI. Numerous studies performed in patients receiving early reperfusion therapy with either thrombolysis or primary angioplasty have emphasized the importance of a patent infarct related artery for long-term survival. The predictive value of a variety of noninvasive and invasive tests to predict myocardial electrical instability have been under active investigation in patients receiving early reperfusion therapy. The current understanding of the clinically important predictors of clinical outcomes in survivors of AMI is reviewed in this article.
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- A D Michaels
- Department of Medicine, University of California at San Francisco Medical Center, 94143-0124, USA.
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Heart rate variability (HRV), usually performed from 24 hour ambulatory ECG recordings, measures the variability of the heart rate. Alterations in autonomic balance and baroreceptor function, increased plasma norepinephrine levels, and reduced HRV have been associated with progressive myocardial failure. Not only has reduced HRV been associated with the degree of myocardial failure, possibility of prognostic significance, but also increased sudden death risk in both ischemic and nonischemic cardiomyopathy in humans. Heart rate variability analysis in the dog is confounded by pronounced sinus arrhythmia, and whether or not this technique has clinical utility in the dog remains to be demonstrated.
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- C A Calvert
- Department of Small Animal Medicine and Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, USA
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Setty AB, Vaughn BV, Quint SR, Robertson KR, Messenheimer JA. Heart period variability during vagal nerve stimulation. Seizure 1998; 7:213-7. [PMID: 9700834 DOI: 10.1016/s1059-1311(98)80038-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Vagal nerve stimulation is an emerging therapy for epilepsy, yet little is known regarding the effects of this stimulation on heart period variability. We selected 10 patients (two female, eight male) who were receiving high-frequency, high-intensity left vagal nerve stimulation for intractable epilepsy. Electrocardiogram data were recorded for a 7 min baseline, 2.5 min of stimulation and a 7 min post-stimulation period. We found no significant changes in average heart period, instantaneous changes of successive R-to-R intervals greater than 50 ms or fractal dimension. We also found no significant changes in the total power in the 0.0-0.04 Hz, 0.04-0.12 Hz and 0.2-0.4 Hz bands with stimulation of the left vagus nerve. This study suggests that left vagal nerve stimulation has little acute effect on the cardiac rhythm or heart period variability.
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- A B Setty
- Department of Neurology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599-7025, USA
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