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Pitfalls of assessment of autonomic function by heart rate variability

Year: 2019

Type: review

Abstract: Although analysis of heart rate variability is widely used for the assessment of autonomic function, its fundamental framework linking low-frequency and high-frequency components of heart rate variability with sympathetic and parasympathetic autonomic divisions has developed in the 1980s. This simplified framework is no longer able to deal with much evidence about heart rate variability accumulated over the past half-century. This review addresses the pitfalls caused by the old framework and discusses the points that need attention in autonomic assessment by heart rate variability.

Source: Journal of PHYSIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY

DOI: 10.1186/s40101-019-0193-2

Authors: Junichiro Hayano, Emi Yuda

Institution: Nagoya City University

Language: English

Topic: Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control

Subfield: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $1,990