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Hadad R, Haugaard SB, Christensen PB, Sarac A, Dominguez MH, Sajadieh A. Autonomic Nerve Function Predicts Risk of Early Death after Discharge in Acute Medical Disease. Am J Med 2024; 137:649-657.e2. [PMID: 38490305 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2024.02.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2024] [Revised: 02/27/2024] [Accepted: 02/27/2024] [Indexed: 03/17/2024]
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BACKGROUND Heart rate variability, a marker of autonomic function, has shown promising prognostic results in specific populations, but has not been tested in a general medical population. We hypothesized that heart rate variability identifies high-risk medical patients early after admission to the hospital. METHODS This was a single-center prospective cohort study of acutely admitted medical patients aged ≥18 years with a life expectancy ≥3 months, included between 2019-2023. Unstable patients needing direct admission to the intensive care unit were excluded. Heart rate variability was recorded within 24 hours of admission for 10 minutes. The standard deviation of normal-normal beats (SDNN) was the primary heart rate variability marker. Low SDNN was defined as the lowest tertile (≤22 ms). The primary outcome was 30-day all-cause mortality. The secondary outcome was 30-day readmission or mortality. RESULTS Among 721 patients included, low SDNN carried an 8-fold greater risk of 30-day mortality in univariate analysis (hazard ratio [HR] 8.3; P = .001); in multivariate analyses a 4-fold greater risk (HR 3.8; P = .037). Low SDNN was associated with the combined outcome of 30-day mortality or readmission (HR 1.5; P = .03) in multivariate analysis. In receiver operating characteristics analyses, low SDNN improved the predictive accuracy of early warning score for 30-day mortality or readmission from 0.63 to 0.71 (P = .008) but did not improve the accuracy for 30-day mortality alone. CONCLUSIONS In patients admitted due to acute medical illness, low heart rate variability predicted 30-day mortality and readmission, suggesting heart rate variability as a tool to identify patients at high and low risk of relevant endpoints.
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- Rakin Hadad
- Department of Cardiology, Copenhagen University Hospital of Bispebjerg, Denmark.
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- Department of Endocrinology, Copenhagen University Hospital of Bispebjerg, Denmark
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- Department of Cardiology, Copenhagen University Hospital of Bispebjerg, Denmark
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- Department of Cardiology, Copenhagen University Hospital of Bispebjerg, Denmark
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Su R, Peng P, Zhang W, Huang J, Fan J, Zhang D, He J, Ma H, Li H. Dose-effect of exercise intervention on heart rate variability of acclimatized young male lowlanders at 3,680 m. Front Physiol 2024; 15:1331693. [PMID: 38606008 PMCID: PMC11007668 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2024.1331693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2023] [Accepted: 03/14/2024] [Indexed: 04/13/2024] Open
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This study investigated whether exercise could improve the reduced HRV in an environment of high altitude. A total of 97 young, healthy male lowlanders living at 3,680 m for >1 year were recruited. They were randomized into four groups, of which three performed-low-, moderate-, and high-intensity (LI, MI, HI) aerobic exercise for 4 weeks, respectively. The remaining was the control group (CG) receiving no intervention. For HI, compared to other groups, heart rate (p = 0.002) was significantly decreased, while standard deviation of RR intervals (p < 0.001), SD2 of Poincaré plot (p = 0.046) and the number of successive RR interval pairs that differ by > 50 ms divided by total number of RR (p = 0.032), were significantly increased after intervention. For MI, significantly increase of trigonometric interpolation in NN interval (p = 0.016) was observed after exercise. Further, a decrease in systolic blood pressure (SBP) after high-intensity exercise was found significantly associated with an increase in SD2 (r = - 0.428, p = 0.042). These results indicated that there was a dose effect of different intensities of aerobic exercise on the HRV of acclimatized lowlanders. Moderate and high-intensity aerobic exercise would change the status of the autonomic nervous system (ANS) and decrease the blood pressure of acclimatized lowlanders exposed to high altitude.
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- Rui Su
- Key Laboratory of High Altitudes Brain Science and Environmental Acclimation, Tibet University, Lhasa, China
- School of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences and Beijing Key Laboratory of Behavior and Mental Health, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of High Altitudes Brain Science and Environmental Acclimation, Tibet University, Lhasa, China
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- Key Laboratory of High Altitudes Brain Science and Environmental Acclimation, Tibet University, Lhasa, China
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- Key Laboratory of High Altitudes Brain Science and Environmental Acclimation, Tibet University, Lhasa, China
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- Key Laboratory of High Altitudes Brain Science and Environmental Acclimation, Tibet University, Lhasa, China
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- Key Laboratory of Brain, Cognition and Education Sciences, Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, China
- School of Psychology, Center for Studies of Psychological Application, and Guangdong Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
- Med-X Center for Manufacturing, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Key Laboratory of High Altitudes Brain Science and Environmental Acclimation, Tibet University, Lhasa, China
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- Key Laboratory of High Altitudes Brain Science and Environmental Acclimation, Tibet University, Lhasa, China
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Two-dimensional and three-dimensional multiple object tracking learning performance in adolescent female soccer players: The role of flow experience reflected by heart rate variability. Physiol Behav 2023; 258:114009. [PMID: 36326537 DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2022.114009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2022] [Revised: 10/21/2022] [Accepted: 10/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Three-dimensional multiple object tracking (3D-MOT) has been used in various fields to mimic real-life tracking, especially in perceptual-cognitive skills training for soccer. Yet, the learning efficiency in 3D-MOT tasks has not been compared with 2D-MOT. Further, whether the advantage can be reflected by heart rate variability (HRV) based on the neurovisceral integration model should also be examined. Therefore, we used both 2D- and 3D-MOT in a brief adaptive task procedure for adolescent female soccer players with HRV measurement. A faster tracking speed threshold of participants was found in the 3D- compared to 2D-MOT, as well as average tracking speed in the last training period of 3D-MOT. Moreover, lower low frequency (LF) components of HRV in the 3D-MOT indicated a flow experience, demonstrating the provision of more attentional resources. Therefore, we observed that adolescent female soccer players demonstrated higher learning efficiency in 3D-MOT tasks in virtual reality (VR) through a higher flow experience. This study examined the learning efficiency between the two MOT tasks in the soccer domain using evidence from HRV and highlighted the utility and applicability of 3D-MOT application.
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Chou EF, Khine M, Lockhart T, Soangra R. Effects of ECG Data Length on Heart Rate Variability among Young Healthy Adults. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2021; 21:6286. [PMID: 34577492 PMCID: PMC8472063 DOI: 10.3390/s21186286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2021] [Revised: 09/02/2021] [Accepted: 09/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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The relationship between the robustness of HRV derived by linear and nonlinear methods to the required minimum data lengths has yet to be well understood. The normal electrocardiography (ECG) data of 14 healthy volunteers were applied to 34 HRV measures using various data lengths, and compared with the most prolonged (2000 R peaks or 750 s) by using the Mann-Whitney U test, to determine the 0.05 level of significance. We found that SDNN, RMSSD, pNN50, normalized LF, the ratio of LF and HF, and SD1 of the Poincaré plot could be adequately computed by small data size (60-100 R peaks). In addition, parameters of RQA did not show any significant differences among 60 and 750 s. However, longer data length (1000 R peaks) is recommended to calculate most other measures. The DFA and Lyapunov exponent might require an even longer data length to show robust results. Conclusions: Our work suggests the optimal minimum data sizes for different HRV measures which can potentially improve the efficiency and save the time and effort for both patients and medical care providers.
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- En-Fan Chou
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Henry Samueli School of Engineering, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA; (E.-F.C.); (M.K.)
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Henry Samueli School of Engineering, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA; (E.-F.C.); (M.K.)
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- School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85281, USA;
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- Department of Physical Therapy, Crean College of Health and Behavioral Sciences, Chapman University, Irvine, CA 92618, USA
- Department of Electrical and Computer Science Engineering, Fowler School of Engineering, Chapman University, Orange, CA 92866, USA
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Sharma M, Rajput JS, Tan RS, Acharya UR. Automated Detection of Hypertension Using Physiological Signals: A Review. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2021; 18:5838. [PMID: 34072304 PMCID: PMC8198170 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18115838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2021] [Revised: 05/10/2021] [Accepted: 05/24/2021] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Arterial hypertension (HT) is a chronic condition of elevated blood pressure (BP), which may cause increased incidence of cardiovascular disease, stroke, kidney failure and mortality. If the HT is diagnosed early, effective treatment can control the BP and avert adverse outcomes. Physiological signals like electrocardiography (ECG), photoplethysmography (PPG), heart rate variability (HRV), and ballistocardiography (BCG) can be used to monitor health status but are not directly correlated with BP measurements. The manual detection of HT using these physiological signals is time consuming and prone to human errors. Hence, many computer-aided diagnosis systems have been developed. This paper is a systematic review of studies conducted on the automated detection of HT using ECG, HRV, PPG and BCG signals. In this review, we have identified 23 studies out of 250 screened papers, which fulfilled our eligibility criteria. Details of the study methods, physiological signal studied, database used, various nonlinear techniques employed, feature extraction, and diagnostic performance parameters are discussed. The machine learning and deep learning based methods based on ECG and HRV signals have yielded the best performance and can be used for the development of computer-aided diagnosis of HT. This work provides insights that may be useful for the development of wearable for continuous cuffless remote monitoring of BP based on ECG and HRV signals.
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- Manish Sharma
- Department of Electrical and Computer Science Engineering, Institute of Infrastructure Technology Research and Management, Ahmedabad 380026, India;
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Science Engineering, Institute of Infrastructure Technology Research and Management, Ahmedabad 380026, India;
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- National Heart Centre, Singapore 639798, Singapore;
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- Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering, Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore 639798, Singapore;
- Department of Bioinformatics and Medical Engineering, Asia University, Taichung 41354, Taiwan
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Science and Technology, SUSS, Singapore 599494, Singapore
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Mariano IM, Freitas VHD, Batista JP, Souza TCD, Amaral AL, Dechichi JG, Rodrigues ML, Carrijo VHV, Puga GM. Effect of combined exercise training on heart rate variability in normotensive and hypertensive postmenopausal women. MOTRIZ: REVISTA DE EDUCACAO FISICA 2021. [DOI: 10.1590/s1980-65742021020621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Seely AJE. Optimizing Our Patients' Entropy Production as Therapy? Hypotheses Originating from the Physics of Physiology. ENTROPY 2020; 22:e22101095. [PMID: 33286863 PMCID: PMC7597192 DOI: 10.3390/e22101095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2020] [Revised: 09/21/2020] [Accepted: 09/25/2020] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Understanding how nature drives entropy production offers novel insights regarding patient care. Whilst energy is always preserved and energy gradients irreversibly dissipate (thus producing entropy), increasing evidence suggests that they do so in the most optimal means possible. For living complex non-equilibrium systems to create a healthy internal emergent order, they must continuously produce entropy over time. The Maximum Entropy Production Principle (MEPP) highlights nature's drive for non-equilibrium systems to augment their entropy production if possible. This physical drive is hypothesized to be responsible for the spontaneous formation of fractal structures in space (e.g., multi-scale self-similar tree-like vascular structures that optimize delivery to and clearance from an organ system) and time (e.g., complex heart and respiratory rate variability); both are ubiquitous and essential for physiology and health. Second, human entropy production, measured by heat production divided by temperature, is hypothesized to relate to both metabolism and consciousness, dissipating oxidative energy gradients and reducing information into meaning and memory, respectively. Third, both MEPP and natural selection are hypothesized to drive enhanced functioning and adaptability, selecting states with robust basilar entropy production, as well as the capacity to enhance entropy production in response to exercise, heat stress, and illness. Finally, a targeted focus on optimizing our patients' entropy production has the potential to improve health and clinical outcomes. With the implications of developing a novel understanding of health, illness, and treatment strategies, further exploration of this uncharted ground will offer value.
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- Andrew J. E. Seely
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1H 8M5, Canada;
- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, University of Ottawa, ON K1Y 4E9, Canada
- Thoracic Surgery and Critical Care Medicine, University of Ottawa, ON K1H 8L6, Canada
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Barnett WH, Latash EM, Capps RA, Dick TE, Wehrwein EA, Molkov YI. Traube-Hering waves are formed by interaction of respiratory sinus arrhythmia and pulse pressure modulation in healthy men. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2020; 129:1193-1202. [PMID: 32940558 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00452.2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Excessive blood pressure variation is linked to the development of hypertension and other diseases. This study assesses the relative role of respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) and pulse pressure (PP) on the amplitude and timing of blood pressure variability with respiration [Traube-Hering (TH) waves]. We analyzed respiratory, electrocardiogram, and blood pressure traces from healthy, supine male subjects (n = 10, mean age = 26.7 ± 1.4) during 20-min epochs of resting, slow deep breathing (SDB), and recovery. Across all epochs, blood pressure and heart rate (HR) were modulated with respiration and the magnitude of RSA; TH waves increased during SDB. The data were deconstructed using a simple mathematical model of blood pressure to dissect the relative roles of RSA and PP on TH waves. We constructed the time series of the R-wave peaks and compared the recorded TH waves with that predicted by the model. Given that cardiac output is determined by both heart rate and stroke volume, it was surprising that the magnitude of the TH waves could be captured by only HR modulation. However, RSA alone did not accurately predict the timing of TH waves relative to the respiratory cycle. Adding respiratory modulation of PP to the model corrected the phase shift showing the expected pattern of BP rising during inspiration with the peak of the TH wave during early expiration. We conclude that short-term variability of blood pressure referred to as TH waves has at least two independent mechanisms whose interaction forms their pattern: RSA and respiratory-driven changes in PP.NEW & NOTEWORTHY Variability in blood pressure has become an important metric to consider as more is learned about the link between excessive blood pressure variability and adverse health outcomes. In this study using slow deep breathing in human subjects, we found that heart rate and pulse pressure variations have comparable effects on the amplitude of blood pressure waves, and it is the common action of the two that defines the phase relationship between respiration and blood pressure oscillations.
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- William H Barnett
- Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Neuroscience Institute, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.,Department of Neurosciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Physiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
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- Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia.,Neuroscience Institute, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia
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Cilsal E. In newly diagnosed hypertensive children, increased arterial stiffness and reduced heart rate variability were associated with a non-dipping blood pressure pattern. Rev Port Cardiol 2020; 39:331-338. [PMID: 32561230 DOI: 10.1016/j.repc.2020.02.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2019] [Revised: 10/06/2019] [Accepted: 02/22/2020] [Indexed: 10/24/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES This study was designed to investigate the differences in pulsatile hemodynamics, echocardiographic findings, 24-h Holter monitoring and heart rate variability parameters of dipper patterns in children with newly diagnosed essential hypertension. METHODS This study included 30 children with newly diagnosed essential hypertension and 30 healthy controls. The essential hypertension cohort was divided into dippers and non-dippers. Physical examinations, 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring, 24-h Holter monitoring, 24-h heart rate variability, conventional 2-dimensional and Doppler echocardiography, and tissue Doppler imaging were performed. Pulse wave analysis using an oscillometric monitor was conducted to measure augmentation index (AIx) and pulse wave velocity (PWV). RESULTS In patients with essential hypertension, left ventricular (LV) wall thickness and LV mass index were increased. There were no significant differences in LV mass index and LV wall thickness based on the dipping patterns. Time domain values and the standard deviation of all RR intervals (SDNN) were substantially lower in the essential hypertension group. SDNN values were considerably lower in the non-dipper group compared with the dipper group. In terms of frequency domain measures, low frequency measured in daytime values was much lower in the essential hypertension group compared with the control. The dipper patterns revealed that low frequency measured in nighttime values was also substantially lower in the non-dipper group. Pulse wave analysis and AIx values were notably higher in the essential hypertension patient group and those with non-dipper status. CONCLUSION SDNN values, which reflect parasympathetic activity, were markedly lower in children with hypertension and the non-dipper group than healthy controls and the dipper group, respectively. Also, parameters related to arterial stiffness, such as PWV and AIx values were significantly higher in children with hypertension and the non-dipper group.
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- Erman Cilsal
- Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Istanbul Mehmet Akif Ersoy Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Center, University of Health Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey.
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In newly diagnosed hypertensive children, increased arterial stiffness and reduced heart rate variability were associated with a non-dipping blood pressure pattern. REVISTA PORTUGUESA DE CARDIOLOGIA (ENGLISH EDITION) 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.repce.2020.02.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Hussain L, Awan IA, Aziz W, Saeed S, Ali A, Zeeshan F, Kwak KS. Detecting Congestive Heart Failure by Extracting Multimodal Features and Employing Machine Learning Techniques. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2020; 2020:4281243. [PMID: 32149106 PMCID: PMC7049402 DOI: 10.1155/2020/4281243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2019] [Revised: 12/21/2019] [Accepted: 01/20/2020] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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The adaptability of heart to external and internal stimuli is reflected by the heart rate variability (HRV). Reduced HRV can be a predictor of negative cardiovascular outcomes. Based on the nonlinear, nonstationary, and highly complex dynamics of the controlling mechanism of the cardiovascular system, linear HRV measures have limited capability to accurately analyze the underlying dynamics. In this study, we propose an automated system to analyze HRV signals by extracting multimodal features to capture temporal, spectral, and complex dynamics. Robust machine learning techniques, such as support vector machine (SVM) with its kernel (linear, Gaussian, radial base function, and polynomial), decision tree (DT), k-nearest neighbor (KNN), and ensemble classifiers, were employed to evaluate the detection performance. Performance was evaluated in terms of specificity, sensitivity, positive predictive value (PPV), negative predictive value (NPV), and area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC). The highest performance was obtained using SVM linear kernel (TA = 93.1%, AUC = 0.97, 95% CI [lower bound = 0.04, upper bound = 0.89]), followed by ensemble subspace discriminant (TA = 91.4%, AUC = 0.96, 95% CI [lower bound 0.07, upper bound = 0.81]) and SVM medium Gaussian kernel (TA = 90.5%, AUC = 0.95, 95% CI [lower bound = 0.07, upper bound = 0.86]). The results reveal that the proposed approach can provide an effective and computationally efficient tool for automatic detection of congestive heart failure patients.
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- Lal Hussain
- Department of Computer Science & IT, The University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, City Campus, 13100 Muzaffarabad, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan
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- Department of Computer Science & IT, The University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, City Campus, 13100 Muzaffarabad, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan
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- Department of Computer Science & IT, The University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, City Campus, 13100 Muzaffarabad, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan
- College of Computer Sciences and Engineering, University of Jeddah, Jeddah 21959, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Computer Science & IT, The University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, City Campus, 13100 Muzaffarabad, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan
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- Department of Computer Science, COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Department of Computer Science, COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Department of Information and Communication Engineering, Inha University, Incheon, Republic of Korea
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Rajput JS, Sharma M, Acharya UR. Hypertension Diagnosis Index for Discrimination of High-Risk Hypertension ECG Signals Using Optimal Orthogonal Wavelet Filter Bank. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2019; 16:E4068. [PMID: 31652712 PMCID: PMC6861956 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph16214068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2019] [Revised: 10/13/2019] [Accepted: 10/14/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Hypertension (HT) is an extreme increment in blood pressure that can prompt a stroke, kidney disease, and heart attack. HT does not show any symptoms at the early stage, but can lead to various cardiovascular diseases. Hence, it is essential to identify it at the beginning stages. It is tedious to analyze electrocardiogram (ECG) signals visually due to their low amplitude and small bandwidth. Hence, to avoid possible human errors in the diagnosis of HT patients, an automated ECG-based system is developed. This paper proposes the computerized segregation of low-risk hypertension (LRHT) and high-risk hypertension (HRHT) using ECG signals with an optimal orthogonal wavelet filter bank (OWFB) system. The HRHT class is comprised of patients with myocardial infarction, stroke, and syncope ECG signals. The ECG-data are acquired from physionet's smart health for accessing risk via ECG event (SHAREE) database, which contains recordings of a total 139 subjects. First, ECG signals are segmented into epochs of 5 min. The segmented epochs are then decomposed into six wavelet sub-bands (WSBs) using OWFB. We extract the signal fractional dimension (SFD) and log-energy (LOGE) features from all six WSBs. Using Student's t-test ranking, we choose the high ranked WSBs of LOGE and SFD features. We develop a novel hypertension diagnosis index (HDI) using two features (SFD and LOGE) to discriminate LRHT and HRHT classes using a single numeric value. The performance of our developed system is found to be encouraging, and we believe that it can be employed in intensive care units to monitor the abrupt rise in blood pressure while screening the ECG signals, provided this is tested with an extensive independent database.
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- Jaypal Singh Rajput
- Department of Electrical Engineering, Institute of Infrastructure, Technology, Research and Management (IITRAM), Ahmedabad 380026, India.
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, Institute of Infrastructure, Technology, Research and Management (IITRAM), Ahmedabad 380026, India.
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- Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering, Ngee Ann Polytechnic, 599489 Singapore, Singapore.
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Science and Technology, Singapore University of Social Sciences, 599494 Singapore, Singapore.
- International Research Organization for Advanced Science and Technology (IROAST), Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-8555, Japan.
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Lee CH, Shin HW, Shin DG. Impact of Oxidative Stress on Long-Term Heart Rate Variability: Linear Versus Non-Linear Heart Rate Dynamics. Heart Lung Circ 2019; 29:1164-1173. [PMID: 31495726 DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2019.06.726] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2019] [Revised: 05/29/2019] [Accepted: 06/18/2019] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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BACKGROUND Heart rate variability (HRV) is a widely used non-invasive and quantitative marker of cardiac autonomic control. Elevated oxidative stress (OS) and reduced HRV have been proven in specific disease subsets. However, the impact of OS on the long-term heart rate dynamics of both conventional linear and non-linear origin in the general population is not known. METHODS The 24-hour ambulatory electrocardiogram recordings and plasma 8-iso-prostaglandin F2α (8-iso-PGF2α) levels as an OS marker were acquired simultaneously in 71 consecutive patients. The conventional time and frequency domain HRV parameters and non-linear parameters were measured. RESULTS The 8-iso-PGF2α is a significant determinant of most long-term conventional time and frequency domain HRV parameters and standard deviation (SD1, perpendicular to the line of identity; SD2, along the line of identity) descriptors from Poincaré plot analysis, but not of non-linear complexity and fractal parameters. Patients with a high OS burden had lower absolute low-frequency and high-frequency powers during both the night and morning periods, with a significant decrease in high-frequency power in the morning. CONCLUSIONS Oxidative stress is one of the significant determinants of the HRV. The severity of OS is reflected in the conventional time and frequency domain HRV parameters, but not in the non-linear measurements.
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- Chan-Hee Lee
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yeungnam University Medical Center, Yeungnam University College of Medicine, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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- School of Biotechnology, Yeungnam University, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yeungnam University Medical Center, Yeungnam University College of Medicine, Daegu, Republic of Korea.
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Cabral DAR, da Costa KG, Tavares VDDO, Rêgo MLDM, Faro HKC, Fontes EB. Cardiorespiratory Fitness Predicts Greater Vagal Autonomic Activity in Drug Users Under Stress. Subst Abuse 2019; 13:1178221819862283. [PMID: 31384127 PMCID: PMC6664628 DOI: 10.1177/1178221819862283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2019] [Accepted: 06/14/2019] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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While drug use has been shown to impair cardiac autonomic regulation, exercise might overcome some of the damage. Herein, we describe how individuals with substance use disorder (SUD) have their heart rate variability (HRV) and drug-related behaviors negatively affected in response to a stressor. However, we show how cardiorespiratory fitness may attenuate those impairments in autonomic control. Fifteen individuals with SUD were matched with 15 non-SUD individuals by age, weight, height, and fitness level, and had their HRV responses under stress induced by the Cold Pressor Test (CPT). The SUD group had lower mean of R-R intervals before and after the CPT when compared with the non-SUD group. In addition, in individuals with SUD, higher cardiorespiratory fitness level predicted greater vagal activity before, during, and after CPT. Moreover, for individuals with SUD, days of abstinence predicted greater mean of R-R intervals during recovery from the CPT. Finally, years of drug use negatively predicted mean of R-R intervals during recovery. Thus, our results suggest that chronic drug use impairs cardiac autonomic regulation at rest and after a physical stress. However, cardiorespiratory fitness might attenuate these impairments by increasing vagal autonomic activity.
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- Daniel Aranha Rego Cabral
- NEUROex - Research Group in Physical
Activity, Cognition and Behavior, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal,
Brazil
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- NEUROex - Research Group in Physical
Activity, Cognition and Behavior, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal,
Brazil
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- NEUROex - Research Group in Physical
Activity, Cognition and Behavior, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal,
Brazil
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- NEUROex - Research Group in Physical
Activity, Cognition and Behavior, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal,
Brazil
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Accurate automated detection of congestive heart failure using eigenvalue decomposition based features extracted from HRV signals. Biocybern Biomed Eng 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbe.2018.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Multiscale Fine-Grained Heart Rate Variability Analysis for Recognizing the Severity of Hypertension. COMPUTATIONAL AND MATHEMATICAL METHODS IN MEDICINE 2019; 2019:4936179. [PMID: 30805022 PMCID: PMC6362500 DOI: 10.1155/2019/4936179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2018] [Accepted: 12/30/2018] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Hypertension is a common and chronic disease and causes severe damage to patients' health. Blood pressure of a human being is controlled by the autonomic nervous system. Heart rate variability (HRV) is an impact of the autonomic nervous system and an indicator of the balance of the cardiac sympathetic nerve and vagus nerve. HRV is a good method to recognize the severity of hypertension due to the specificity for prediction. In this paper, we proposed a novel fine-grained HRV analysis method to enhance the precision of recognition. In order to analyze the HRV of the patient, we segment the overnight electrocardiogram (ECG) into various scales. 18 HRV multidimensional features in the time, frequency, and nonlinear domain are extracted, and then the temporal pyramid pooling method is designed to reduce feature dimensions. Multifactor analysis of variance (MANOVA) is applied to filter the related features and establish the hypertension recognizing model with relevant features to efficiently recognize the patients' severity. In this paper, 139 hypertension patients' real clinical ECG data are applied, and the overall precision is 95.1%. The experimental results validate the effectiveness and reliability of the proposed recognition method in the work.
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Renal sympathetic denervation induces changes in heart rate variability and is associated with a lower sympathetic tone. Clin Res Cardiol 2018; 108:22-30. [DOI: 10.1007/s00392-018-1307-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2018] [Accepted: 06/15/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Lan KC, Raknim P, Kao WF, Huang JH. Toward Hypertension Prediction Based on PPG-Derived HRV Signals: a Feasibility Study. J Med Syst 2018; 42:103. [DOI: 10.1007/s10916-018-0942-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2017] [Accepted: 03/15/2018] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Use of Accumulated Entropies for Automated Detection of Congestive Heart Failure in Flexible Analytic Wavelet Transform Framework Based on Short-Term HRV Signals. ENTROPY 2017. [DOI: 10.3390/e19030092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Adam M, Imboden M, Schaffner E, Boes E, Kronenberg F, Pons M, Bettschart R, Barthelemy JC, Schindler C, Probst-Hensch N. The adverse impact of obesity on heart rate variability is modified by a NFE2L2 gene variant: The SAPALDIA cohort. Int J Cardiol 2016; 228:341-346. [PMID: 27866025 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.11.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2016] [Revised: 09/07/2016] [Accepted: 11/05/2016] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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BACKGROUND Overweight has been associated with an increase in inflammatory markers and with an imbalance in the autonomic nervous system, such as a decrease in heart rate variability (HRV). In this study we aimed to investigate the modifying effect of a genetic variation in a major anti-inflammatory marker gene, NFE2L2, on the relationship between overweight and HRV. METHODS We analyzed participants of the SAPALDIA cohort aged 50years and older, twice in 2002/2003 (N=1472) and 2010/2011 (N=1235). We included persons with valid genotype data, who underwent ambulatory 24-h electrocardiogram monitoring, and reported on medical history and lifestyle. The association between HRV and BMI, measured as standard deviation of normal-to-normal intervals (SDNN) by BMI and the modifying effect of the cardiovascular health-related NFE2L2 gene variant rs2364723 were tested, applying multivariable mixed linear regression models. RESULTS We found study participants with overweight (BMI>25) over two follow-up surveys 10years apart to have a negative association between SDNN, calculated as geometric means, with BMI. The examined NFE2L2 variant sustainably modified (pinteraction=0.014) the found inverse association between a BMI increment and SDNN, causing a stronger decrement in SDNN for participants with the CC genotype (-20.7%; 95%-confidence interval: -12.33 to -28.28) compared with participants carrying the GC (-7.43; 95%CI: -3.56 to -11.15) or GG (-11.26%; 95%CI: -7.68 to -14.7) genotype, estimated for the difference from the 90th to the 10th percentile of BMI by the NFE2L2 variant. CONCLUSIONS Our results are consistent with the hypothesis that overweight decreases heart rate variability through inflammatory processes.
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- Martin Adam
- Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland; University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
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- Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland; University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
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- Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland; University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
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- Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland; University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Division of Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Medical Genetics, Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
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- Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Regional Hospital of Lugano, Lugano, Switzerland.
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- Laboratory SNA-EPIS EA4607, Department of Physiology, University Hospital of Saint-Etienne, PRES Lyon, France.
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- Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland; University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
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- Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland; University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
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Application of empirical mode decomposition (EMD) for automated identification of congestive heart failure using heart rate signals. Neural Comput Appl 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s00521-016-2612-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Kamakura M, Maruyama R. Elevated HbA1c Levels Are Associated with the Blunted Autonomic Response Assessed by Heart Rate Variability during Blood Volume Reduction. TOHOKU J EXP MED 2016; 240:91-100. [PMID: 27615262 DOI: 10.1620/tjem.240.91] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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A high glycemic status increases the risk for autonomic dysfunction and cardiovascular failure. The aim of this study was to investigate time-dependent changes in the autonomic response and cardiovascular dynamics and the association between the level of hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) and autonomic response during blood volume reduction. The study population consisted of 26 preoperative participants who were scheduled for autologous blood donation (200-400 mL of whole blood) for intraoperative or postoperative use. These participants without circulatory, respiratory, or brain disease and diabetes mellitus were grouped according to their HbA1c levels: < 6.5% (n = 18) and ≥ 6.5% (n = 8). We measured blood pressure (BP) and analyzed heart rate variability (HRV) to quantify cardiac autonomic regulation throughout blood donation. During blood volume reduction, which was about 10% of the circulating blood volume, the BP and heart rate varied within normal ranges in both groups. The high-frequency (HF) component, an index of parasympathetic nerve activity, and the ratio of low-frequency (LF) to HF components (LF/HF), an index of sympathetic nerve activity, significantly decreased and increased with the progression of blood volume reduction, respectively, in the HbA1c < 6.5% group. In contrast, in the HbA1c ≥ 6.5% group, the HF component did not significantly change, and the increase in the LF/HF ratio was delayed. Time-dependent changes in HRV were related to blood volume reduction only in the HbA1c < 6.5% group. Thus, elevated HbA1c levels are associated with the decrease in the autonomic response induced by blood volume reduction.
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- Miho Kamakura
- Health Sciences, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine
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Goit RK, Ansari AH. Reduced parasympathetic tone in newly diagnosed essential hypertension. Indian Heart J 2016; 68:153-7. [PMID: 27133323 DOI: 10.1016/j.ihj.2015.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2015] [Revised: 07/13/2015] [Accepted: 08/04/2015] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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AIM The aim of the study was to compare heart rate variability (HRV) of newly diagnosed essential hypertensive subjects with controls. METHODS The study was conducted on 120 hypertensive subjects and 120 controls. RESULTS The time-domain measures, standard deviation of all RR intervals (SDNN), the square root of the mean of the sum of the squares of differences between adjacent RR intervals (RMSSD), and percentage of consecutive RR intervals that differ by more than 50ms (pNN50) which reflect parasympathetic activity were significantly less in hypertensive subjects. In frequency-domain measures, high frequency [HF (ms(2))] and [HF (nu)], which reflects parasympathetic activity, was significantly less in hypertensive subjects while LF (nu) and LF/HF (%), which reflect sympathetic activity, were comparable between the groups. CONCLUSION These findings suggest that HRV is reduced in subjects with newly diagnosed essential hypertension and the parasympathetic dysregulation is present in the early stage of essential hypertension.
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Schmidt JM, De Georgia M. Multimodality monitoring: informatics, integration data display and analysis. Neurocrit Care 2015; 21 Suppl 2:S229-38. [PMID: 25208675 DOI: 10.1007/s12028-014-0037-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The goal of multimodality neuromonitoring is to provide continuous, real-time assessment of brain physiology to prevent, detect, and attenuate secondary brain injury. Clinical informatics deals with biomedical data, information, and knowledge including their acquisition, storage, retrieval, and optimal use for clinical decision-making. An electronic literature search was conducted for English language articles describing the use of informatics in the intensive care unit setting from January 1990 to August 2013. A total of 64 studies were included in this review. Clinical informatics infrastructure should be adopted that enables a wide range of linear and nonlinear analytical methods be applied to patient data. Specific time epochs of clinical interest should be reviewable. Analysis strategies of monitor alarms may help address alarm fatigue. Ergonomic data display that present results from analyses with clinical information in a sensible uncomplicated manner improve clinical decision-making. Collecting and archiving the highest resolution physiologic and phenotypic data in a comprehensive open format data warehouse is a crucial first step toward information management and two-way translational research for multimodality monitoring. The infrastructure required is largely the same as that needed for telemedicine intensive care applications, which under the right circumstances improves care quality while reducing cost.
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- J Michael Schmidt
- Division of Critical Care Neurology, Neurological Institute, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, 177 Fort Washington Avenue, MHB Suite 8-300, New York, NY, 10032, USA,
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Ji L, Liu C, Li P, Wang X, Yan C, Liu C. Comparison of heart rate variability between resting state and external-cuff-inflation-and-deflation state: a pilot study. Physiol Meas 2015; 36:2135-46. [PMID: 26333766 DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/36/10/2135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Heart rate variability (HRV) has been widely used in clinical research to provide an insight into the autonomic control of the cardiovascular system. Measurement of HRV is generally performed under a relaxed resting state. The effects of other conditions on HRV measurement, such as running, mountaineering, head-up tilt, etc, have also been investigated. This study aimed to explore whether an inflation-and-deflation process applied to a unilateral upper arm cuff would influence the HRV measurement. Fifty healthy young volunteers aged between 21 and 30 were enrolled in this study. Electrocardiogram (ECG) signals were recorded for each subject over a five minute resting state followed by a five minute external-cuff-inflation-and-deflation state (ECID state). A one minute gap was scheduled between the two measurements. Consecutive RR intervals in the ECG were extracted automatically to form the HRV data for each of the two states. Time domain (SDNN, RMSSD and PNN50), frequency domain (LFn, HFn and LF/HF) and nonlinear (VLI, VAI and SampEn) HRV indices were analyzed and compared between the two states. In addition, the effects of mean artery pressure (MAP) and heart rate (HR) on the aforementioned HRV indices were assessed for the two states, respectively, by Pearson correlation analysis. The results showed no significant difference in all aforementioned HRV indices between the resting and the ECID states (all p > 0.05). The corresponding HRV indices had significant positive correlation (all p < 0.01) between the two states. None of the indices showed MAP-related change (all p > 0.05) for either state. Besides, none of the indices showed HR-related change (all p > 0.05) for either state except the index of VLI in the resting state. To conclude, this pilot study suggested that the applied ECID process hardly influenced those commonly used HRV indices. It would thus be applicable to simultaneously measure both blood pressure and HRV indices in clinical practice.
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- Lizhen Ji
- School of Control Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250061, People's Republic of China
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Kanai M, Kubo H, Kitamura Y, Izawa KP, Ono K, Ando H, Nozoe M, Mase K, Shimada S. Difference in autonomic nervous activity in different subtypes of noncardioembolic ischemic stroke. Int J Cardiol 2015; 201:171-3. [PMID: 26298370 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.07.077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2015] [Accepted: 07/29/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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- Masashi Kanai
- Department of Rehabilitation, Itami Kousei Neurosurgical Hospital, Itami, Japan; Graduate School of Health Sciences, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
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- Department of Rehabilitation, Itami Kousei Neurosurgical Hospital, Itami, Japan
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- Department of Rehabilitation, Itami Kousei Neurosurgical Hospital, Itami, Japan
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- Graduate School of Health Sciences, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan.
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- Graduate School of Health Sciences, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
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- Graduate School of Health Sciences, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
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- Department of Rehabilitation, Itami Kousei Neurosurgical Hospital, Itami, Japan; Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Nursing and Rehabilitation, Konan Women's University, Kobe, Japan
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- Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Nursing and Rehabilitation, Konan Women's University, Kobe, Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Itami Kousei Neurosurgical Hospital, Itami, Japan
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Tadic M, Cuspidi C, Pencic B, Pavlovic SU, Ivanovic B, Kocijancic V, Celic V. Association between left ventricular mechanics and heart rate variability in untreated hypertensive patients. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 2014; 17:118-25. [PMID: 25496306 DOI: 10.1111/jch.12459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2014] [Revised: 10/26/2014] [Accepted: 10/28/2014] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The authors sought to investigate left ventricular (LV) mechanics and heart rate variability (HRV), and their relationship, in untreated hypertensive patients. A total of 63 untreated hypertensive patients and 45 healthy patients were included. All patients underwent 24-hour Holter monitoring and echocardiographic examination (two- and three-dimensional). All parameters of time and frequency domain of HRV were decreased in the hypertensive patients. Two-dimensional LV longitudinal and circumferential deformation was significantly reduced in hypertensive patients. Three-dimensional LV strain in all three directions as well as area strain were reduced in the hypertensive group. In two different models of multivariate regression, two-dimensional LV longitudinal and circumferential strain, as well as three-dimensional LV area strain, remained associated with HRV parameters independently of LV structural and functional parameters. This study showed that LV mechanics and HRV were significantly impaired in untreated hypertensive patients. Two- and three-dimensional echocardiographic LV deformation were independently associated with HRV parameters in the whole study population.
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- Marijana Tadic
- Department of Cardiology, University Clinical Hospital Center "Dr. Dragisa Misovic - Dedinje", Belgrade, Serbia
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Nagy K, Sipos E, El Hadj Othmane T. [Heart rate variability is significantly reduced in non-diabetic patients with hypertension]. Orv Hetil 2014; 155:865-70. [PMID: 24860051 DOI: 10.1556/oh.2014.29886] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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INTRODUCTIONS Heart rate variability is reduced among patients with hypertension and/or with diabetes mellitus. Hypertension and diabetes show frequent co-morbidity, but it is still not entirely clear whether heart rate variability is reduced in non-diabetic patients with hypertension. AIM The aim of the authors was to evaluate the heart rate variability in hypertensive patients with and without diabetes and in control subjects. METHOD 130 patients with hypertension, 48 patients with hypertension and type 2 diabetes mellitus, and 87 control subjects were involved in the study. Minimum, mean and maximum heart rate, and parameters of heart rate variability were measured. RESULTS The mean of minimum heart rate did not differ significantly between the three groups. However, all other parameters were significantly reduced in patients with hypertension with and without diabetes as compared to the control group. No significant differences were observed between hypertensive patients with and without diabetes mellitus. CONCLUSIONS Heart rate variability is significantly reduced in non-diabetic patients with hypertension. It seems that type 2 diabetes results in no further significant reduction of heart rate variability in patients with hypertension.
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- Krisztina Nagy
- Semmelweis Egyetem, Általános Orvostudományi Kar I. Belgyógyászati Klinika, Kardiológia részleg Budapest Korányi S. u. 2/A 1083
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- Semmelweis Egyetem, Általános Orvostudományi Kar I. Belgyógyászati Klinika, Kardiológia részleg Budapest Korányi S. u. 2/A 1083
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- Semmelweis Egyetem, Általános Orvostudományi Kar I. Belgyógyászati Klinika, Kardiológia részleg Budapest Korányi S. u. 2/A 1083
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Drenjancevic I, Grizelj I, Harsanji-Drenjancevic I, Cavka A, Selthofer-Relatic K. The interplay between sympathetic overactivity, hypertension and heart rate variability (review, invited). ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 101:129-42. [PMID: 24901074 DOI: 10.1556/aphysiol.101.2014.2.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The control of arterial pressure is a complex interaction of the long- and short-term influences of hormones, local vascular factors, and neural mechanisms. The autonomic nervous system and its sympathetic arm play important roles in the regulation of blood pressure, and overactivity of sympathetic nerves may have an important role in the development of hypertension and related cardiovascular disorders. The baroreceptor system opposes either increases or decreases in arterial pressure, and the primary purpose of the arterial baroreflex is to keep blood pressure close to a particular set point over a relatively short period of time. The ability of the baroreflex to powerfully buffer acute changes in arterial pressure is well established, but the role of the arterial baroreceptor reflex in long-term control of arterial pressure has been a topic of many debate and controversy for decades. The sympathetic nervous system and arterial baroreceptor reflex control of renal sympathetic nerve activity has been proposed to play a role in long-term control of arterial pressure. The aim of this paper has been to review the postulated role of sympathetic activation.
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- Ines Drenjancevic
- University of Osijek Department of Physiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine J. Huttlera 4 31000 Osijek Croatia University of Pécs Pécs Hungary
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- University of Osijek Department of Physiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine J. Huttlera 4 31000 Osijek Croatia
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- Clinical Hospital Center Osijek Department of Anesthesiology, Reanimatology and Intensive Care Unit Osijek Croatia
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- University of Osijek Department of Physiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine J. Huttlera 4 31000 Osijek Croatia
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- Clinical Hospital Center Osijek Department of Cardiology, Clinic of Internal Medicine Osijek Croatia University of Osijek Department of Internal Medicine, Medical Ethic and History of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Osijek Croatia
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The association between heart rate variability and biatrial phasic function in arterial hypertension. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 8:699-708. [PMID: 25418491 DOI: 10.1016/j.jash.2014.07.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2014] [Revised: 07/09/2014] [Accepted: 07/25/2014] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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We sought to investigate (1) left atrial (LA) and right atrial (RA) phasic function and mechanics; (2) heart rate variability (HRV); and (3) their relationship in untreated hypertensive patients. This cross-sectional study involved 73 untreated hypertensive patients and 51 subjects without cardiovascular risk factors with similar gender and age. All the subjects underwent a 24-hour Holter monitoring and comprehensive two- and three-dimensional echocardiography examination. LA and RA reservoir and conduit function, estimated by total and passive atrial emptying fractions and systolic and early diastolic strain rates, were reduced in the hypertensive patients. On the other hand, LA and RA booster function, assessed by active atrial emptying fraction and late diastolic strain rate, was increased in this group. All time and frequency domain heart-rate variability parameters were reduced in the hypertensive subjects. In the whole study population, parameters of cardiac sympathovagal balance (standard deviation of all normal RR intervals, root mean square of the difference between the coupling intervals of adjacent R-R intervals, 24-hour low-frequency domain [0.04-0.15 Hz], 24-hour high-frequency domain [0.15-0.40 Hz], and 24-hour total power [0.01-0.40 Hz]) correlated with LA and RA volume indexes, biatrial booster function assessed by active emptying fraction, biatrial longitudinal function evaluated by longitudinal strain; and biatrial expansion index. LA and RA phasic function and mechanics are significantly impaired in the untreated hypertensive patients. Heart-rate variability parameters are also deteriorated in the hypertensive population. Biatrial function and mechanics correlated with cardiac autonomic nervous system indexes in the whole study population.
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Carthy ER, White L, Russell FD, Holmes M, Leicht AS, Brooks PR, Hitchen-Holmes D, Askew CD. Cardiovascular responsiveness to sympathoexcitatory stress in subjects with and without mild hypertension. Clin Physiol Funct Imaging 2014; 35:150-8. [PMID: 24690346 DOI: 10.1111/cpf.12143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2014] [Accepted: 02/17/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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PURPOSE This study compared blood pressure, heart rate variability (HRV) and forearm blood flow, at rest and in response to sympathoexcitatory stressors between normotensive and mildly hypertensive participants. METHODS Participants aged 30-79 years with normal blood pressure (n = 49) or mild hypertension (n = 17), with no history of taking antihypertensive medication, were recruited. Participants completed a cold pressor test (CPT) followed by an ischaemic handgrip test (IHGT). Blood pressure, HRV, forearm blood flow and vascular resistance were measured at rest and in response to each test. RESULTS The CPT and IHGT evoked greater increases in mean arterial blood pressure in hypertensive participants (CPT: 10 ± 2 mmHg, IHGT: 9 ± 1 mmHg) compared with normotensive participants (CPT: 5 ± 1 mmHg, IHGT: 3 ± 1 mmHg; P < 0.05). Resting high frequency power, which is a parameter of HRV associated with parasympathetic cardiac modulation, was lower in hypertensive participants (hypertensive: 31.73 ± 4.07 nu; normotensive: 42.08 ± 2.22 nu; P = 0.026) and was negatively correlated with systolic blood pressure (r = -0.272, P = 0.03) and mean arterial pressure across all participants (r = -0.258, P < 0.05). There were no differences in HRV or forearm blood flow responses to the CPT or IHGT between groups. CONCLUSION This study demonstrated that sympathoexcitatory stress evoked by the CPT and IHGT induces an augmented blood pressure response in individuals with mild hypertension, which supports the notion that autonomic dysfunction is likely to contribute to the pathogenesis of hypertension. It remains to be determined whether the hypertensive response is mediated through alterations in cardiac activity, peripheral vascular resistance or both.
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- Elliott R Carthy
- Inflammation and Healing Research Cluster, School of Health and Sport Sciences, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore, Qld, Australia
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Sansone M, Fusco R, Pepino A, Sansone C. Electrocardiogram pattern recognition and analysis based on artificial neural networks and support vector machines: a review. JOURNAL OF HEALTHCARE ENGINEERING 2014; 4:465-504. [PMID: 24287428 DOI: 10.1260/2040-2295.4.4.465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Computer systems for Electrocardiogram (ECG) analysis support the clinician in tedious tasks (e.g., Holter ECG monitored in Intensive Care Units) or in prompt detection of dangerous events (e.g., ventricular fibrillation). Together with clinical applications (arrhythmia detection and heart rate variability analysis), ECG is currently being investigated in biometrics (human identification), an emerging area receiving increasing attention. Methodologies for clinical applications can have both differences and similarities with respect to biometrics. This paper reviews methods of ECG processing from a pattern recognition perspective. In particular, we focus on features commonly used for heartbeat classification. Considering the vast literature in the field and the limited space of this review, we dedicated a detailed discussion only to a few classifiers (Artificial Neural Networks and Support Vector Machines) because of their popularity; however, other techniques such as Hidden Markov Models and Kalman Filtering will be also mentioned.
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- Mario Sansone
- Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies, University "Federico II" of Naples, Italy
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Nikolic VN, Jevtovic-Stoimenov T, Stokanovic D, Milovanovic M, Velickovic-Radovanovic R, Pesic S, Stoiljkovic M, Pesic G, Ilic S, Deljanin-Ilic M, Marinkovic D, Stefanovic N, Jankovic SM. An inverse correlation between TNF alpha serum levels and heart rate variability in patients with heart failure. J Cardiol 2013; 62:37-43. [PMID: 23611168 DOI: 10.1016/j.jjcc.2013.02.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2012] [Revised: 01/25/2013] [Accepted: 02/20/2013] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND Recent evidence indicates that chronic heart failure (CHF) is accompanied by both activation of the immune system and autonomic imbalance. There is a growing body of evidence that increased levels of proinflammatory cytokines and other inflammatory markers have important roles as mediators of disease progression and markers of mortality in patients with CHF. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to investigate connection between autonomic imbalance [obtained by analysis of heart rate variability (HRV)] and activation of the immune system [as measured by serum levels of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α] in patients with chronic heart failure. MATERIALS AND METHODS This cross-sectional study included 21 patients with CHF and 8 age- and gender-matched healthy control subjects. We assessed HRV by 24-hour electrocardiographic Holter monitoring and measured serum levels of TNF-α using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Clinical assessment and echocardiography were also performed. RESULTS There was an inverse correlation between serum level of TNF-α and a time-domain parameter of HRV - SDNN (r=-0.542, p<0.05). A similar result was found for HRV triangular index, a geometric measure of HRV (r=-0.556; p<0.05). The correlation was stronger for subjects with a diabetes mellitus, females, and TNFA2 allele carriers (an "A" at position -308A). The pNN50, indirect marker of cardiac vagal activity, was not significantly associated with serum concentration of TNF-α. CONCLUSIONS In conclusion, the results of the present study indicate that increased serum TNF-α level is significantly associated with reduced HRV indices, suggesting that activation of the immune system in patients with CHF is closely related to autonomic imbalance.
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- Valentina N Nikolic
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Nis Faculty of Medicine, Nis, Serbia.
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Aiba N, Hotta K, Yokoyama M, Wang G, Tabata M, Kamiya K, Shimizu R, Kamekawa D, Hoshi K, Yamaoka-Tojo M, Masuda T. Usefulness of pet ownership as a modulator of cardiac autonomic imbalance in patients with diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and/or hyperlipidemia. Am J Cardiol 2012; 109:1164-70. [PMID: 22277896 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.11.055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2011] [Revised: 11/07/2011] [Accepted: 11/07/2011] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Among patients with coronary artery disease, pet owners exhibit a greater 1-year survival rate than nonowners. Lifestyle-related diseases are well-known risk factors for coronary artery disease and induce imbalances in autonomic nervous activity. The purpose of the present study was to determine whether pet ownership modulates cardiac autonomic nervous activity imbalance in patients with lifestyle-related diseases such as diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia. A total of 191 patients (mean age 69 ± 8 years) were interviewed about their pet ownership status and were classified into pet owner and nonowner groups. After recording a 24-hour Holter electrocardiogram for heart rate variability analysis, frequency-domain and nonlinear-domain analyses were performed to determine the high-frequency (HF) and low-frequency (LF) components, LF/HF ratio, and entropy. The heart rate variability parameters were assessed for 24 hours, during the day (8.00 A.M. to 5.00 P.M.), and during the night (0:00 A.M. to 6.00 A.M.), and compared between the 2 groups. To evaluate the potential predictive factors for cardiac autonomic imbalance, univariate and multivariate analyses of HF and LF/HF were conducted for potential confounding variables. The pet owner group exhibited significantly greater HF(24h), HF(day), HF(night), entropy(24h), entropy(day), and entropy(night) and significantly lower LF/HF(24h) and LF/HF(night) compared to the nonowner group. On multivariate analysis, pet ownership was independently and positively associated with HF(24h,) HF(day), and HF(night) and inversely associated with LF/HF(24h) and LF/HF(night). In conclusion, these results suggest that pet ownership is an independent modulator of cardiac autonomic imbalance in patients with lifestyle-related diseases.
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Seely AJE, Macklem P. Fractal variability: an emergent property of complex dissipative systems. CHAOS (WOODBURY, N.Y.) 2012; 22:013108. [PMID: 22462984 DOI: 10.1063/1.3675622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The patterns of variation of physiologic parameters, such as heart and respiratory rate, and their alteration with age and illness have long been under investigation; however, the origin and significance of scale-invariant fractal temporal structures that characterize healthy biologic variability remain unknown. Quite independently, atmospheric and planetary scientists have led breakthroughs in the science of non-equilibrium thermodynamics. In this paper, we aim to provide two novel hypotheses regarding the origin and etiology of both the degree of variability and its fractal properties. In a complex dissipative system, we hypothesize that the degree of variability reflects the adaptability of the system and is proportional to maximum work output possible divided by resting work output. Reductions in maximal work output (and oxygen consumption) or elevation in resting work output (or oxygen consumption) will thus reduce overall degree of variability. Second, we hypothesize that the fractal nature of variability is a self-organizing emergent property of complex dissipative systems, precisely because it enables the system's ability to optimally dissipate energy gradients and maximize entropy production. In physiologic terms, fractal patterns in space (e.g., fractal vasculature) or time (e.g., cardiopulmonary variability) optimize the ability to deliver oxygen and clear carbon dioxide and waste. Examples of falsifiability are discussed, along with the need to further define necessary boundary conditions. Last, as our focus is bedside utility, potential clinical applications of this understanding are briefly discussed. The hypotheses are clinically relevant and have potential widespread scientific relevance.
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- Andrew J E Seely
- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L6, Canada.
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Haarala A, Kähönen M, Eklund C, Jylhävä J, Koskinen T, Taittonen L, Huupponen R, Lehtimäki T, Viikari J, Raitakari OT, Hurme M. Heart rate variability is independently associated with C-reactive protein but not with Serum amyloid A. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study. Eur J Clin Invest 2011; 41:951-7. [PMID: 21323913 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2362.2011.02485.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Increased levels of C-reactive protein (CRP) and serum amyloid A (SAA) are associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. It is hypothesized that dysregulation of the autonomic nervous system (ANS) leads to increased inflammation via the cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway. Heart rate variability (HRV) is a marker of ANS function. HRV has been shown to be associated with CRP levels. Currently, there are no studies addressing the relationship between HRV and SAA. DESIGN The purpose of this study was to compare the associations between HRV, CRP and SAA in healthy young adults. CRP and SAA concentrations and short-term HRV indices [high frequency (HF), low frequency (LF), total spectral component of HRV, root mean square differences of successive R-R intervals, the standard deviation of all R-R intervals and ratio between LF and HF) were measured in 1601 men and women aged 24-39 taking part in the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns study. RESULTS A significant inverse correlation (P < 0·05) between HRV indices and inflammatory markers was observed. However, in linear regression analyses, only inverse association between HRV indices and CRP levels remained significant (P < 0·05), while association between HRV indices and SAA levels was attenuated to the null (P > 0·05) after adjusting for age, sex, body mass index, cholesterol levels, leptin and other common traditional cardiovascular risk factors. CONCLUSIONS Reduced HRV indices are independently associated with increased CRP levels, but not with SAA levels. This association supports the hypothesis that dysregulation of the ANS may lead to increased inflammation early in adulthood.
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- Atte Haarala
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical School, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland.
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Mazzeo AT, La Monaca E, Di Leo R, Vita G, Santamaria LB. Heart rate variability: a diagnostic and prognostic tool in anesthesia and intensive care. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2011; 55:797-811. [PMID: 21658013 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2011.02466.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The autonomic nervous system (ANS) plays an important role in the human response to various internal and external stimuli, which can modify homeostasis, and exerts a tight control on essential functions such as circulation, respiration, thermoregulation and hormonal secretion. ANS dysfunction may complicate the perioperative course in the surgical patient undergoing anesthesia, increasing morbidity and mortality, and, therefore, it should be considered as an additional risk factor during pre-operative evaluation. Furthermore, ANS dysfunction may complicate the clinical course of critically ill patients admitted to intensive care units, in the case of trauma, sepsis, neurologic disorders and cardiovascular diseases, and its occurrence adversely affects the outcome. In the care of these patients, the assessment of autonomic function may provide useful information concerning pathophysiology, risk stratification, early prognosis prediction and treatment strategies. Given the role of ANS in the maintenance of systemic homeostasis, anesthesiologists and intensivists should recognize as critical the evaluation of ANS function. Measurement of heart rate variability (HRV) is an easily accessible window into autonomic activity. It is a low-cost, non-invasive and simple to perform method reflecting the balance of the ANS regulation of the heart rate and offers the opportunity to detect the presence of autonomic neuropathy complicating several illnesses. The present review provides anesthesiologists and intensivists with a comprehensive summary of the possible clinical implications of HRV measurements, suggesting that autonomic dysfunction testing could potentially represent a diagnostic and prognostic tool in the care of patients both in the perioperative setting as well as in the critical care arena.
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- Anna Teresa Mazzeo
- Anaesthesia and NeuroIntensive Care Unit, Department of Neurosciences, Psychiatry and Anaesthesiology, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
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Nesvold A, Fagerland MW, Davanger S, Ellingsen Ø, Solberg EE, Holen A, Sevre K, Atar D. Increased heart rate variability during nondirective meditation. Eur J Prev Cardiol 2011; 19:773-80. [DOI: 10.1177/1741826711414625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Purpose: Meditation practices are in use for relaxation and stress reduction. Some studies indicate beneficial cardiovascular health effects of meditation. The effects on the autonomous nervous system seem to vary among techniques. The purpose of the present study was to identify autonomic nerve activity changes during nondirective meditation. Materials and methods: Heart rate variability (HRV), blood pressure variability (BPV), and baroreflex sensitivity (BRS) were monitored in 27 middle-aged healthy participants of both genders, first during 20 min regular rest with eyes closed, thereafter practising Acem meditation for 20 min. Haemodynamic and autonomic data were collected continuously (beat-to-beat) and non-invasively. HRV and BPV parameters were estimated by power spectral analyses, computed by an autoregressive model. Spontaneous activity of baroreceptors were determined by the sequence method. Primary outcomes were changes in HRV, BPV, and BRS between rest and meditation. Results: HRV increased in the low-frequency (LF) and high-frequency (HF) bands during meditation, compared with rest ( p = 0.014, 0.013, respectively). Power spectral density of the RR-intervals increased as well ( p = 0.012). LF/HF ratio decreased non-significantly, and a reduction of LF-BPV power was observed during meditation ( p < 0.001). There was no significant difference in BRS. Respiration and heart rates remained unchanged. Blood pressure increased slightly during meditation. Conclusion: There is an increased parasympathetic and reduced sympathetic nerve activity and increased overall HRV, while practising the technique. Hence, nondirective meditation by the middle aged may contribute towards a reduction of cardiovascular risk.
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- Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
- St Olavs Hospital, Norway
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- Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
- St Olavs Hospital, Norway
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- Oslo University Hospital, Norway
- University of Oslo, Norway
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Boer-Martins L, Figueiredo VN, Demacq C, Martins LC, Consolin-Colombo F, Figueiredo MJ, Cannavan FPS, Moreno H. Relationship of autonomic imbalance and circadian disruption with obesity and type 2 diabetes in resistant hypertensive patients. Cardiovasc Diabetol 2011; 10:24. [PMID: 21426540 PMCID: PMC3072316 DOI: 10.1186/1475-2840-10-24] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2011] [Accepted: 03/22/2011] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Background Hypertension, diabetes and obesity are not isolated findings, but a series of interacting interactive physiologic derangements. Taking into account genetic background and lifestyle behavior, AI (autonomic imbalance) could be a common root for RHTN (resistant hypertension) or RHTN plus type 2 diabetes (T2D) comorbidity development. Moreover, circadian disruption can lead to metabolic and vasomotor impairments such as obesity, insulin resistance and resistant hypertension. In order to better understand the triggered emergence of obesity and T2D comorbidity in resistant hypertension, we investigated the pattern of autonomic activity in the circadian rhythm in RHTN with and without type 2 diabetes (T2D), and its relationship with serum adiponectin concentration. Methods Twenty five RHTN patients (15 non-T2D and 10 T2D, 15 males, 10 females; age range 34 to 70 years) were evaluated using the following parameters: BMI (body mass index), biochemical analysis, serum adiponectinemia, echocardiogram and ambulatory electrocardiograph heart rate variability (HRV) in time and frequency domains stratified into three periods: 24 hour, day time and night time. Results Both groups demonstrated similar characteristics despite of the laboratory analysis concerning T2D like fasting glucose, HbA1c levels and hypertriglyceridemia. Both groups also revealed disruption of the circadian rhythm: inverted sympathetic and parasympathetic tones during day (parasympathetic > sympathetic tone) and night periods (sympathetic > parasympathetic tone). T2D group had increased BMI and serum triglyceride levels (mean 33.7 ± 4.0 vs 26.6 ± 3.7 kg/m2 - p = 0.00; 254.8 ± 226.4 vs 108.6 ± 48.7 mg/dL - p = 0.04), lower levels of adiponectin (6729.7 ± 3381.5 vs 10911.5 ± 5554.0 ng/mL - p = 0.04) and greater autonomic imbalance evaluated by HRV parameters in time domain compared to non-T2D RHTN patients. Total patients had HRV correlated positively with serum adiponectin (r = 0.37 [95% CI -0.04 - 1.00] p = 0.03), negatively with HbA1c levels (r = -0.58 [95% CI -1.00 - -0.3] p = 0.00) and also adiponectin correlated negatively with HbA1c levels (r = -0.40 [95% CI -1.00 - -0.07] p = 0.02). Conclusion Type 2 diabetes comorbidity is associated with greater autonomic imbalance, lower adiponectin levels and greater BMI in RHTN patients. Similar circadian disruption was also found in both groups indicating the importance of lifestyle behavior in the genesis of RHTN.
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- Leandro Boer-Martins
- Cardiovascular Pharmacology Laboratory, Faculty of Medical Sciences and Clinic Hospital, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.
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Mizuno M, Kawada T, Kamiya A, Miyamoto T, Shimizu S, Shishido T, Smith SA, Sugimachi M. Exercise training augments the dynamic heart rate response to vagal but not sympathetic stimulation in rats. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2011; 300:R969-77. [PMID: 21270342 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00768.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We examined the transfer function of autonomic heart rate (HR) control in anesthetized sedentary and exercise-trained (16 wk, treadmill for 1 h, 5 times/wk at 15 m/min and 15-degree grade) rats for comparison to HR variability assessed in the conscious resting state. The transfer function from sympathetic stimulation to HR response was similar between groups (gain, 4.2 ± 1.5 vs. 4.5 ± 1.5 beats·min(-1)·Hz(-1); natural frequency, 0.07 ± 0.01 vs. 0.08 ± 0.01 Hz; damping coefficient, 1.96 ± 0.55 vs. 1.69 ± 0.15; and lag time, 0.7 ± 0.1 vs. 0.6 ± 0.1 s; sedentary vs. exercise trained, respectively, means ± SD). The transfer gain from vagal stimulation to HR response was 6.1 ± 3.0 in the sedentary and 9.7 ± 5.1 beats·min(-1)·Hz(-1) in the exercise-trained group (P = 0.06). The corner frequency (0.11 ± 0.05 vs. 0.17 ± 0.09 Hz) and lag time (0.1 ± 0.1 vs. 0.2 ± 0.1 s) did not differ between groups. When the sympathetic transfer gain was averaged for very-low-frequency and low-frequency bands, no significant group effect was observed. In contrast, when the vagal transfer gain was averaged for very-low-frequency, low-frequency, and high-frequency bands, exercise training produced a significant group effect (P < 0.05 by two-way, repeated-measures ANOVA). These findings suggest that, in the frequency domain, exercise training augments the dynamic HR response to vagal stimulation but not sympathetic stimulation, regardless of the frequency bands.
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- Masaki Mizuno
- Dept. of Physical Therapy, Univ. of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, TX 75390-9174, USA.
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Havlicekova Z, Tonhajzerova I, Jurko A, Jesenak M, Durdik P, Nosal S, Zelenak K, Antosova M, Banovcin P. Cardiac autonomic control in adolescents with primary hypertension. Eur J Med Res 2010; 14 Suppl 4:101-3. [PMID: 20156736 PMCID: PMC3521333 DOI: 10.1186/2047-783x-14-s4-101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Background Impairment in cardiovascular autonomic regulation participates in the onset and maintenance of primary hypertension. Objective The aim of the present study was to evaluate cardiac autonomic control using long-term heart rate variability (HRV) analysis in adolescents with primary hypertension. Subjects and methods Twenty two adolescent patients with primary hypertension (5 girls/17 boys) aged 14-19 years and 22 healthy subjects matched for age and gender were enrolled. Two periods from 24-hour ECG recording were evaluated by HRV analysis: awake state and sleep. HRV analysis included spectral power in low frequency band (LF), in high frequency band (HF), and LF/HF ratio. Results In awake state, adolescents with primary hypertension had lower HF and higher LF and LF/HF ratio. During sleep, HF was lower and LF/HF ratio was higher in patients with primary hypertension. Conclusions A combination of sympathetic predominance and reduced vagal activity might represent a potential link between psychosocial factors and primary hypertension, associated with increased cardiovascular morbidity.
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- Z Havlicekova
- Department of Paediatrics, Jessenius School of Medicine, Comenius University, Martin, Slovakia.
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Abnormalities of the autonomic nervous system have been repeatedly shown in hypertension. We studied the associations between being overweight, blood pressure, cardiac vagal tone as measured by variability in heart rate, and well-being in a large cohort of young men. We hypothesised an inverse correlation between body mass index and the variability in heart rate. Further, we assessed systolic and diastolic blood pressure as traditional indicators of cardiovascular risk. Exclusion criteria were the use of drugs or pharmaceuticals. The following data from 786 men with a mean age of 19.4 years (standard deviation = 1.4, with a range from 16 to 24 years) were analysed in a cross-sectional study: body mass index, sleep duration, sporting activities, psychological well-being, blood pressure, heart rate, and variability in heart rate. Despite the young age of the men in this study, increased values for the body mass index were already associated with a shift in sympathovagal balance trending towards sympathetic dominance. There was also a significant positive correlation between body mass index and systolic and diastolic blood pressure. A multiple stepwise regression analysis showed that significant factors, which were associated with variability in heart rate, were body mass index and sporting activities. In addition, sporting activity and sleep duration had a significant positive impact on psychological well-being. Even in young men, being overweight is associated with increased cardiovascular risk, especially an increased sympathetic and/or lowered cardiovascular tone and increased blood pressure. Our study gives additional motivation for the early prevention and treatment of obesity in childhood and adolescence.
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Ahmad S, Tejuja A, Newman KD, Zarychanski R, Seely AJ. Clinical review: a review and analysis of heart rate variability and the diagnosis and prognosis of infection. CRITICAL CARE : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE CRITICAL CARE FORUM 2009; 13:232. [PMID: 20017889 PMCID: PMC2811891 DOI: 10.1186/cc8132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Bacterial infection leading to organ failure is the most common cause of death in critically ill patients. Early diagnosis and expeditious treatment is a cornerstone of therapy. Evaluating the systemic host response to infection as a complex system provides novel insights: however, bedside application with clinical value remains wanting. Providing an integrative measure of an altered host response, the patterns and character of heart rate fluctuations measured over intervals-in-time may be analysed with a panel of mathematical techniques that quantify overall fluctuation, spectral composition, scale-free variation, and degree of irregularity or complexity. Using these techniques, heart rate variability (HRV) has been documented to be both altered in the presence of systemic infection, and correlated with its severity. In this review and analysis, we evaluate the use of HRV monitoring to provide early diagnosis of infection, document the prognostic implications of altered HRV in infection, identify current limitations, highlight future research challenges, and propose improvement strategies. Given existing evidence and potential for further technological advances, we believe that longitudinal, individualized, and comprehensive HRV monitoring in critically ill patients at risk for or with existing infection offers a means to harness the clinical potential of this bedside application of complex systems science.
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- Saif Ahmad
- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, K1Y 4E9, Canada.
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Thompson LF, Sebastianelli JD, Murray NP. Monitoring Online Training Behaviors: Awareness of Electronic Surveillance Hinders E-Learners. JOURNAL OF APPLIED SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 2009. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2009.00521.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The effects of a 6-month sodium restriction on cardiac autonomic function in patients with mild to moderate essential hypertension. Am J Hypertens 2008; 21:1183-7. [PMID: 18787516 DOI: 10.1038/ajh.2008.272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The blood pressure-lowering mechanism of low-sodium diet is not fully understood. METHODS We assessed the effects of salt restriction on cardiac parasympathetic function as measured by heart-rate variability (HRV) in mild to moderate hypertensive patients. Eighty patients were randomized to a 6-month low- (N = 40) or normal (N = 40) sodium diet and a 24-h electrocardiogram (ECG) was carried out in the beginning of the study and at 6 months. Five time-domain and six frequency-domain HRV variables were analyzed: mean RR interval, standard deviation of normal RR intervals, mean of the standard deviations of all RR intervals for 5-min segments of the entire recording, percentage of differences between adjacent normal RR intervals exceeding 50 ms, square root of the mean of squared differences between adjacent normal RR intervals, total (0.01-0.40 Hz), high frequency (HF, 0.15-0.40 Hz), low frequency (LF, 0.04-0.15 Hz), very LF (0.01-0.04 Hz) and LF/HF ratio. RESULTS Although blood pressure diminished significantly (systolic blood pressure (SBP) from 149.9 +/- 14.7 mm Hg to 130.3 +/- 11.8 mm Hg, P < 0.001 and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) from 98.0 +/- 6.4 mm Hg to 87.1 +/- 6.2 mm Hg, P <0.001) after 6 months in the salt reduction group, no significant differences in the change between the groups could be detected. CONCLUSIONS A moderate, prolonged dietary sodium restriction does not alter HRV. Therefore, mechanisms other than cardiac autonomic mechanisms are likely to predominate in the blood pressure-lowering effect of salt restriction.
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Lampert R, Bremner JD, Su S, Miller A, Lee F, Cheema F, Goldberg J, Vaccarino V. Decreased heart rate variability is associated with higher levels of inflammation in middle-aged men. Am Heart J 2008; 156:759.e1-7. [PMID: 18926158 PMCID: PMC2587932 DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2008.07.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 146] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2008] [Accepted: 07/10/2008] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Many traditional risk factors for coronary artery disease (CAD) are associated with altered autonomic function. Inflammation may provide a link between risk factors, autonomic dysfunction, and CAD. We examined the association between heart rate variability (HRV), a measure of autonomic function, and inflammation, measured by C-reactive protein (CRP) and interleukin-6 (IL-6). METHODS We examined 264 middle-aged male twins free of symptomatic CAD. All underwent ambulatory electrocardiogram monitoring and 24-hour ultra low, very low, low, and high-frequency power were calculated using power spectral analysis. C-reactive protein and IL-6 were measured, and risk factors including age, smoking, hypertension, lipids, diabetes, body mass index (BMI), depression, and physical activity were assessed. RESULTS Physical activity, BMI, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, smoking, depression, and hypertension were directly associated with CRP and IL-6 and inversely associated with one or more HRV variables. There was a graded inverse relationship between all HRV parameters (except high frequency) and CRP and IL-6. After adjustment for age, BMI, activity, high-density lipoprotein, smoking, hypertension, depression, and diabetes, ultra low frequency and very low frequency remained significant predictors of CRP (P < .01). CONCLUSIONS C-reactive protein is associated with decreased HRV, even after controlling for traditional CAD risk factors. Autonomic dysregulation leading to inflammation may represent one pathway through which traditional risk factors promote development of CAD.
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- Rachel Lampert
- Department of Medicine (Cardiology), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
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Heart rate and arterial pressure variability in the experimental renovascular hypertension model in rats. Auton Neurosci 2008; 139:38-45. [DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2008.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2007] [Revised: 12/16/2007] [Accepted: 01/05/2008] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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