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Mather M. The emotion paradox in the aging body and brain. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2024; 1536:13-41. [PMID: 38676452 DOI: 10.1111/nyas.15138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/29/2024]
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With age, parasympathetic activity decreases, while sympathetic activity increases. Thus, the typical older adult has low heart rate variability (HRV) and high noradrenaline levels. Younger adults with this physiological profile tend to be unhappy and stressed. Yet, with age, emotional experience tends to improve. Why does older adults' emotional well-being not suffer as their HRV decreases? To address this apparent paradox, I present the autonomic compensation model. In this model, failing organs, the initial phases of Alzheimer's pathology, and other age-related diseases trigger noradrenergic hyperactivity. To compensate, older brains increase autonomic regulatory activity in the pregenual prefrontal cortex (PFC). Age-related declines in nerve conduction reduce the ability of the pregenual PFC to reduce hyperactive noradrenergic activity and increase peripheral HRV. But these pregenual PFC autonomic compensation efforts have a significant impact in the brain, where they bias processing in favor of stimuli that tend to increase parasympathetic activity (e.g., stimuli that increase feelings of safety) and against stimuli that tend to increase sympathetic activity (e.g., threatening stimuli). In summary, the autonomic compensation model posits that age-related chronic sympathetic/noradrenergic hyperactivity stimulates regulatory attempts that have the side effect of enhancing emotional well-being.
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- Mara Mather
- Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, Department of Psychology, and Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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Sawayama Y, Yano Y, Hisamatsu T, Fujiyoshi A, Kadota A, Torii S, Kondo K, Kadowaki S, Higo Y, Harada A, Watanabe Y, Nakagawa Y, Miura K, Ueshima H. Heart Rate Fragmentation, Ambulatory Blood Pressure, and Coronary Artery Calcification: A Population-Based Study. JACC. ASIA 2024; 4:216-225. [PMID: 38463673 PMCID: PMC10920050 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacasi.2023.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2023] [Revised: 10/04/2023] [Accepted: 10/06/2023] [Indexed: 03/12/2024]
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Background Little is known regarding whether ultra-rapid patterns of heart rate variability (eg, heart rate fragmentation [HRF]) are associated with coronary artery calcification (CAC) in a general population. Objectives This study aimed to assess the association between HRF and CAC, and whether these associations are independent of systolic blood pressure (SBP) levels. Methods From SESSA (the Shiga Epidemiological Study of Subclinical Atherosclerosis), we used data from 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring to identify awake and asleep SBP levels, and data from concurrent 24-hour Holter monitoring to quantify HRF using the awake and asleep percentage of inflection points (PIP). CAC on computed tomography scanning was quantified using an Agatston score. We used multivariable binomial logistic regression to assess the associations of PIP and ambulatory SBP with the presence of CAC, as defined by Agatston score >0. Results Of the 508 participants in this study (mean age: 66.5 ± 7.3 years), 325 (64%) had CAC and 183 (36%) did not. In fully adjusted models of prevalent CAC that also included office SBP, the ORs with 95% CIs for awake PIP, awake SBP, asleep PIP, and asleep SBP were 1.23 (95% CI: 0.99-1.54), 1.40 (95% CI: 1.11-1.77), 1.31 (95% CI: 1.05-1.62), and 1.28 (95% CI: 1.02-1.60), respectively. There was no evidence of interaction between PIP and ambulatory SBP in association with CAC. Results were similar when other HRF indices instead of PIP were used. Conclusions Higher HRF and SBP levels during sleep are each associated with the presence of CAC in a general male population.
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- Yuichi Sawayama
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Japan
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- NCD Epidemiology Research Center, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Japan
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- NCD Epidemiology Research Center, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Japan
- Department of Public Health, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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- NCD Epidemiology Research Center, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Japan
- Department of Hygiene, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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- NCD Epidemiology Research Center, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Japan
- Department of Public Health, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Japan
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- NCD Epidemiology Research Center, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Japan
- Department of Public Health, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Japan
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- NCD Epidemiology Research Center, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Japan
- Department of Public Health, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Japan
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- NCD Epidemiology Research Center, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Japan
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- NCD Epidemiology Research Center, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Japan
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- NCD Epidemiology Research Center, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Japan
- Department of Public Health, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Japan
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- NCD Epidemiology Research Center, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Japan
- Department of Public Health, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Japan
- NCD Epidemiology Research Center, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Japan
- Department of Public Health, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
- Department of Hygiene, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
- Department of Public Health, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Japan
- Department of Radiology, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Japan
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Costa MD. Heart Rate Fragmentation and Coronary Calcification: A Neuroautonomic Connection? JACC. ASIA 2024; 4:226-228. [PMID: 38463679 PMCID: PMC10920038 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacasi.2023.11.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/12/2024]
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- Madalena D. Costa
- Margret and H. A. Rey Institute for Nonlinear Dynamics in Medicine, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Heckbert SR, Jensen PN, Erus G, Nasrallah IM, Rashid T, Habes M, Austin TR, Floyd JS, Schaich CL, Redline S, Bryan RN, Costa MD. Heart rate fragmentation and brain MRI markers of small vessel disease in MESA. Alzheimers Dement 2024; 20:1397-1405. [PMID: 38009395 PMCID: PMC10917025 DOI: 10.1002/alz.13554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2023] [Revised: 10/12/2023] [Accepted: 10/23/2023] [Indexed: 11/28/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Heart rate (HR) fragmentation indices quantify breakdown of HR regulation and are associated with atrial fibrillation and cognitive impairment. Their association with brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) markers of small vessel disease is unexplored. METHODS In 606 stroke-free participants of the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (mean age 67), HR fragmentation indices including percentage of inflection points (PIP) were derived from sleep study recordings. We examined PIP in relation to white matter hyperintensity (WMH) volume, total white matter fractional anisotropy (FA), and microbleeds from 3-Tesla brain MRI completed 7 years later. RESULTS In adjusted analyses, higher PIP was associated with greater WMH volume (14% per standard deviation [SD], 95% confidence interval [CI]: 2, 27%, P = 0.02) and lower WM FA (-0.09 SD per SD, 95% CI: -0.16, -0.01, P = 0.03). DISCUSSION HR fragmentation was associated with small vessel disease. HR fragmentation can be measured automatically from ambulatory electrocardiogram devices and may be useful as a biomarker of vascular brain injury.
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- Susan R. Heckbert
- Cardiovascular Health Research UnitUniversity of WashingtonSeattleWashingtonUSA
- Department of EpidemiologyUniversity of WashingtonSeattleWashingtonUSA
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- Cardiovascular Health Research UnitUniversity of WashingtonSeattleWashingtonUSA
- Department of MedicineUniversity of WashingtonSeattleWashingtonUSA
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- Center for AI and Data Science for Integrated Diagnostics and Center for Biomedical Image Computing and AnalyticsUniversity of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaPennsylvaniaUSA
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- Center for AI and Data Science for Integrated Diagnostics and Center for Biomedical Image Computing and AnalyticsUniversity of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaPennsylvaniaUSA
- Department of RadiologyPerelman School of MedicineUniversity of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaPennsylvaniaUSA
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- Neuroimage Analytics Laboratory and Biggs Institute Neuroimaging CoreGlenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer's and Neurodegenerative DiseasesUniversity of Texas Health Science Center San AntonioSan AntonioTexasUSA
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- Center for AI and Data Science for Integrated Diagnostics and Center for Biomedical Image Computing and AnalyticsUniversity of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaPennsylvaniaUSA
- Neuroimage Analytics Laboratory and Biggs Institute Neuroimaging CoreGlenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer's and Neurodegenerative DiseasesUniversity of Texas Health Science Center San AntonioSan AntonioTexasUSA
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- Cardiovascular Health Research UnitUniversity of WashingtonSeattleWashingtonUSA
- Department of EpidemiologyUniversity of WashingtonSeattleWashingtonUSA
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- Cardiovascular Health Research UnitUniversity of WashingtonSeattleWashingtonUSA
- Department of EpidemiologyUniversity of WashingtonSeattleWashingtonUSA
- Department of MedicineUniversity of WashingtonSeattleWashingtonUSA
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- Department of SurgeryHypertension and Vascular Research CenterWake Forest University School of MedicineWinston‐SalemNorth CarolinaUSA
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- Brigham and Women's HospitalBostonMassachusettsUSA
- Harvard Medical SchoolBostonMassachusettsUSA
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- Department of RadiologyPerelman School of MedicineUniversity of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaPennsylvaniaUSA
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- Harvard Medical SchoolBostonMassachusettsUSA
- Department of MedicineBeth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterBostonMassachusettsUSA
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Lozano WM, Ortiz-Guzmán JE, Arias-Mutis O, Bizy A, Genovés P, Such-Miquel L, Alberola A, Chorro FJ, Zarzoso M, Calvo CJ. Modifications of long-term heart rate variability produced in an experimental model of diet-induced metabolic syndrome. Interface Focus 2023; 13:20230030. [PMID: 38106920 PMCID: PMC10722215 DOI: 10.1098/rsfs.2023.0030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2023] [Accepted: 10/13/2023] [Indexed: 12/19/2023] Open
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Metabolic syndrome (MetS) has been linked to a higher prevalence of cardiac arrhythmias, the most frequent being atrial fibrillation, but the mechanisms are not well understood. One possible underlying mechanism may be an abnormal modulation of autonomic nervous system activity, which can be quantified by analysing heart rate variability (HRV). Our aim was to investigate the modifications of long-term HRV in an experimental model of diet-induced MetS to identify the early changes in HRV and the link between autonomic dysregulation and MetS components. NZW rabbits were randomly assigned to control (n = 10) or MetS (n = 10) groups, fed 28 weeks with high-fat, high-sucrose diet. 24-hour recordings were used to analyse HRV at week 28 using time-domain, frequency-domain and nonlinear analyses. Time-domain analysis showed a decrease in RR interval and triangular index (Ti). In the frequency domain, we found a decrease in the low frequency band. Nonlinear analyses showed a decrease in DFA-α1 and DFA-α2 (detrended fluctuations analysis) and maximum multiscale entropy. The strongest association between HRV parameters and markers of MetS was found between Ti and mean arterial pressure, and Ti and left atrial diameter, which could point towards the initial changes induced by the autonomic imbalance in MetS.
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- W. M. Lozano
- Department of Physiology, Universitat de València, Valencia, Comunitat Valenciana, Spain
- School of Physiotherapy, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga, Santander, Colombia
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- Department of Physiology, Universitat de València, Valencia, Comunitat Valenciana, Spain
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, CEU Cardenal Herrera, Moncada, Valenciana, Spain
- Health Research Institute - Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia (INCLIVA), Valencia, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Cardiovasculares (CIBER-CV), Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, CEU Cardenal Herrera, Moncada, Valenciana, Spain
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- Department of Physiology, Universitat de València, Valencia, Comunitat Valenciana, Spain
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- Department of Physiotherapy, Universitat de València, València, Spain
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- Department of Physiology, Universitat de València, Valencia, Comunitat Valenciana, Spain
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- Health Research Institute - Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia (INCLIVA), Valencia, Spain
- Department of Medicine, Universitat de València, València, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Cardiovasculares (CIBER-CV), Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Cardiovasculares (CIBER-CV), Madrid, Spain
- Department of Physiotherapy, Universitat de València, València, Spain
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- Department of Physiology, Universitat de València, Valencia, Comunitat Valenciana, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Cardiovasculares (CIBER-CV), Madrid, Spain
- CSIC-UPV, Instrumentation for Molecular Imaging Technologies Research Institute (I3M), Universitat Politècnica de València, València, Spain
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Aguiar Mesquita Galdino G, Eduardo Virgilio Silva L, Cristina Garcia Moura-Tonello S, Cristina Milan-Mattos J, Nogueira Linares S, Porta A, Marques da Silva T, Fazan R, Beltrame T, Maria Catai A. Heart rate fragmentation is impaired in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients. Diabetes Res Clin Pract 2023; 196:110223. [PMID: 36529300 DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2022.110223] [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: 10/03/2022] [Revised: 12/08/2022] [Accepted: 12/12/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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AIMS To evaluate the heart rate fragmentation (HRF) of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients and its relationship with heart rate variability (HRV) indices. METHODS One hundred sixty-four men, aged 47-57 years were retrospectively analyzed from a database. Participants were T2DM (n = 82) and apparently healthy (n = 82). R-R interval time series recorded by electrocardiogram were collected at the supine position for 10 to 15 min. From HRF, the percentage of inflection points (PIP), percentage of words with zero, one, two, or three inflections points (W0, W1, W2, W3), and percentage with only type hard, soft, or mixed inflections points type (WH, WS, WM) were quantified. RESULTS T2DM presented higher PIP, WS, WM and W3, while WH and W1 was lower compared with healthy (p < 0.05). Moreover, a positive moderate correlation was found between WH and root mean square of the successive R-R differences (RMSSD) and high frequency (HF) indices. In contrast, a negative moderate correlation was found between WS and WM with RMSSD and HF indices. CONCLUSIONS T2DM have increased fragmentation patterns, and words grouped by inflection type are more closely related to HRV. The HRF approach might be useful to assess heart rate dynamic abnormalities in males with type 2 diabetes.
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- Gabriela Aguiar Mesquita Galdino
- Cardiovascular Physical Therapy Laboratory, Department of Physical Therapy, Federal University of São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Physiology, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil; Department of Biomedical and Health Informatics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Cardiovascular Physical Therapy Laboratory, Department of Physical Therapy, Federal University of São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brazil
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- Cardiovascular Physical Therapy Laboratory, Department of Physical Therapy, Federal University of São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy; Department of Cardiothoracic, Vascular Anesthesia and Intensive Care, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Physiology, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Physiology, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Cardiovascular Physical Therapy Laboratory, Department of Physical Therapy, Federal University of São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brazil; Samsung R&D Institute Brazil - SRBR, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Cardiovascular Physical Therapy Laboratory, Department of Physical Therapy, Federal University of São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brazil.
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Costa MD, Heckbert SR, Redline S, Goldberger AL. Method to quantify the impact of sleep on cardiac neuroautonomic functionality: application to the prediction of cardiovascular events in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2022; 323:R968-R978. [PMID: 36222857 PMCID: PMC9829462 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00184.2022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2022] [Revised: 09/16/2022] [Accepted: 10/06/2022] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
Abstract
We introduce the concept of cardiac neuroautonomic renewability and a method for its quantification. This concept refers to the involuntary nervous system's capacity to improve cardiac control in response to restorative interventions, such as sleep. We used the change in heart rate fragmentation (ΔHRF), before sleep onset compared with after sleep termination, to quantify the restorative effects of sleep. We hypothesized that the ability to improve cardiac neuroautonomic functionality would diminish with age and be associated with lower risk of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE). We analyzed the ECG channel of polysomnographic recordings from an ancillary investigation of the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). In a cohort of 659 participants (mean ± SD age, 69.7 ± 8.8; 42% male), HRF was significantly (P < 0.001) lower after sleep (before: 74 ± 12%, after: 67 ± 13%). Furthermore, the magnitude of the decrease significantly (P < 0.001) diminished with cross-sectional age. In addition, a larger reduction in HRF following sleep (i.e., higher ΔHRF) was associated with lower risk of MACE, independent of traditional cardiovascular risk factors and current measures of sleep quality. Specifically, over a mean follow-up period of 6.4 ± 1.6 yr, in which 60 participants had their first MACE, a one-SD (12%) increase in ΔHRF was associated with a 36% (95% CI: 12%-53%) decrease in the risk of MACE. The results demonstrate the restorative impact of sleep on heart rate control. As such they support the concept of cardiac neuroautonomic renewability and the utility of ΔHRF for its quantification.
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- Madalena D Costa
- Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Margret and H. A. Rey Institute for Nonlinear Dynamics in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders, Departments of Medicine and Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
- Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Margret and H. A. Rey Institute for Nonlinear Dynamics in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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Li Q, Su B, Liu J. Diagnostic values of different ECG durations in paroxysmal AF diagnosis. Ann Noninvasive Electrocardiol 2021; 27:e12921. [PMID: 34913221 PMCID: PMC8916583 DOI: 10.1111/anec.12921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2021] [Revised: 11/10/2021] [Accepted: 11/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the application value of different-duration electrocardiograms (ECGs) in paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF) diagnosis. METHODS A total of 220 patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation diagnosed by 24-h dynamic electrocardiogram in our hospital from January 2019 to December 2020 were selected as the study subjects. The patients were monitored for 10 s, 5 min, and 24 hr, respectively. The results of the three different-duration ECGs were compared and analyzed in order to evaluate their paroxysmal AF diagnosis value. RESULTS Paroxysmal AF was detected in 18 patients (8.2%) with the 10-s ECG; in 89 patients (40.5%) with the 5-min ECG; and in 199 patients (90.5%) with the 24-h dynamic ECG. CONCLUSION In patients with paroxysmal AF, ECGs with longer detection times had higher detection rates.
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- Qian Li
- Department of Clinical Electrophysiology, Harrison International Peace Hospital, Hengshui, China
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- Department of Clinical Electrophysiology, Harrison International Peace Hospital, Hengshui, China
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- Department of Clinical Electrophysiology, Harrison International Peace Hospital, Hengshui, China
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Lindsey ML, LeBlanc AJ, Ripplinger CM, Carter JR, Kirk JA, Hansell Keehan K, Brunt KR, Kleinbongard P, Kassiri Z. Reinforcing rigor and reproducibility expectations for use of sex and gender in cardiovascular research. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2021; 321:H819-H824. [PMID: 34524922 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00418.2021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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- Merry L Lindsey
- Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Center for Heart and Vascular Research, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska.,Research Service, Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System, Omaha, Nebraska
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- Department of Physiology and Cardiovascular Innovation Institute, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky
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- Department of Health and Human Development, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
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- Strategic Journal Development, American Physiological Society, Rockville, Maryland.,AJP-Heart and Circulatory Physiology, American Physiological Society, Rockville, Maryland
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
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- Institute for Pathophysiology, West German Heart and Vascular Center, University of Essen Medical School, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Physiology, Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Costa MD, Redline S, Hughes TM, Heckbert SR, Goldberger AL. Prediction of Cognitive Decline Using Heart Rate Fragmentation Analysis: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Front Aging Neurosci 2021; 13:708130. [PMID: 34512310 PMCID: PMC8428192 DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2021.708130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2021] [Accepted: 07/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
Abstract
Background: Heart rate fragmentation (HRF), a new non-invasive metric quantifying cardiac neuroautonomic function, is associated with increasing age and cardiovascular disease. Since these are risk factors for cognitive decline and dementia, in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA), we investigated whether disrupted cardiac neuroautonomic function, evidenced by increased HRF, would be associated with worse cognitive function assessed concurrently and at a later examination, and with greater cognitive decline. Methods: HRF was derived from the ECG channel of the polysomnographic recordings obtained in an ancillary study (n = 1,897) conducted in conjunction with MESA exam 5 (2010–2012). Cognitive function was assessed at exam 5 and 6.4 ± 0.5 years later at exam 6 (2016–2018) with tests of global cognitive performance (the Cognitive Abilities Screening Instrument, CASI), processing speed (Digit Symbol Coding, DSC) and working memory (Digit Span). Multivariable regression models were used to quantify the associations between HRF indices and cognitive scores. Results: The participants’ mean age was 68 ± 9 years (54% female). Higher HRF at baseline was independently associated with lower cognitive scores at both exams 5 and 6. Specifically, in cross-sectional analyses, a one-standard deviation (SD) (13.7%) increase in HRF was associated with a 0.51 (95% CI: 0.17–0.86) points reduction in CASI and a 1.12 (0.34–1.90) points reduction in DSC. Quantitatively similar effects were obtained in longitudinal analyses. A one-SD increase in HRF was associated with a 0.44 (0.03–0.86) and a 1.04 (0.28–1.81) points reduction in CASI and DSC from exams 5 to 6, respectively. HRF added predictive value to the Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Aging, and Incidence of Dementia (CAIDE-APOE-ε4) risk score and to models adjusted for serum concentration of NT-proBNP, an analyte associated with cognitive impairment and dementia. Conclusion: Increased HRF assessed during sleep was independently associated with diminished cognitive performance (concurrent and future) and with greater cognitive decline. These findings lend support to the links between cardiac neuroautonomic regulation and cognitive function. As a non-invasive, repeatable and inexpensive probe, HRF technology may be useful in monitoring cognitive status, predicting risk of dementia and assessing therapeutic interventions.
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- Madalena D Costa
- Margret and H. A. Rey Institute for Non-linear Dynamics in Medicine, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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- Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders, Department of Medicine and Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States.,Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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- Section on Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States.,Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
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- Margret and H. A. Rey Institute for Non-linear Dynamics in Medicine, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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