TY - JOUR
T1 - Parasympathetic dysfunction in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy assessed by heart rate variability
T2 - Comparison between short-term and 24-h measurements
AU - Mörner, Stellan
AU - Wiklund, Urban
AU - Rask, Peter
AU - Olofsson, Bert Ove
AU - Kazzam, Elsadig
AU - Waldenström, Anders
PY - 2005/3
Y1 - 2005/3
N2 - In this study, we evaluate cardiac autonomic function in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) by assessing heart rate variability (HRV), comparing a short-term laboratory method with an ambulatory (24-h) method, in patients with and without beta-blockade. Reduced HRV is a risk factor for adverse events in some cardiac diseases, but is not a proven risk indicator in HCM. Analysis of HRV has been based on either short- or long-term electrocardiographic recordings and previous studies in HCM have shown conflicting results. There is no consensus on which method to prefer, and we evaluate, for the first time, both short- and long-term analyses in patients with HCM. Long- and short-term HRV analyses were performed in 43 patients with HCM. They were divided in two groups, 22 patients on beta-blockade and 21 non-treated patients. As controls, 121 healthy subjects were used. Young patients without beta-blockade showed a reduction in HRV parameters reflecting parasympathetic function, both in the short- and long-term registrations, which was attenuated by beta-blockade. Parasympathetic autonomic regulation was found to be impaired in young patients with HCM. This may be of clinical relevance as abnormal autonomic function might be a substrate for malignant dysrhythmias. The impairment was attenuated by beta-blockade, which might indicate a clinically useful effect. We also show that short- and long-term methods yield similar results, suggesting that a short-term registration might be sufficient to assess HRV in patients with HCM.
AB - In this study, we evaluate cardiac autonomic function in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) by assessing heart rate variability (HRV), comparing a short-term laboratory method with an ambulatory (24-h) method, in patients with and without beta-blockade. Reduced HRV is a risk factor for adverse events in some cardiac diseases, but is not a proven risk indicator in HCM. Analysis of HRV has been based on either short- or long-term electrocardiographic recordings and previous studies in HCM have shown conflicting results. There is no consensus on which method to prefer, and we evaluate, for the first time, both short- and long-term analyses in patients with HCM. Long- and short-term HRV analyses were performed in 43 patients with HCM. They were divided in two groups, 22 patients on beta-blockade and 21 non-treated patients. As controls, 121 healthy subjects were used. Young patients without beta-blockade showed a reduction in HRV parameters reflecting parasympathetic function, both in the short- and long-term registrations, which was attenuated by beta-blockade. Parasympathetic autonomic regulation was found to be impaired in young patients with HCM. This may be of clinical relevance as abnormal autonomic function might be a substrate for malignant dysrhythmias. The impairment was attenuated by beta-blockade, which might indicate a clinically useful effect. We also show that short- and long-term methods yield similar results, suggesting that a short-term registration might be sufficient to assess HRV in patients with HCM.
KW - Autonomic nervous system
KW - Cross-sectional study
KW - Heart rate variability
KW - Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1475-097X.2004.00595.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1475-097X.2004.00595.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 15725307
AN - SCOPUS:14844361975
SN - 1475-0961
VL - 25
SP - 90
EP - 99
JO - Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging
JF - Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging
IS - 2
ER -