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CLINICAL AUTONOMIC RESEARCH
Volume 14, Issue 3, Pages 194-196Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s10286-004-0183-1
Keywords
COPD; time frequency analysis; heart rate variability; blood pressure variability
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- NICHD NIH HHS [1-K12-HD01097-01A1] Funding Source: Medline
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Wide variations in respiratory rate and hypoxic stimulation of chemoreceptors may produce unreliable autonomic results in patients with COPD. We studied the reproducibility of two consecutive measurements of heart rate variability (HRV) and blood pressure variability (BPV) by time frequency analysis in patients with COPD while controlling respiratory rate and oxygen hemoglobin saturation (SaO(2)). Reproducibility was assessed by paired t-tests and correlation analyses between repeated measures. Correlation analyses of the log transformed low (U) and high frequency (HF) HRV were (x) over bar 11.5+/-1.1 in measurement A and (x) over bar 11.5+/-1.0 in measurement B (r=0.89, p<0.0001), and <(x)over bar> 10.5+/-1.1 in measurement A and (x) over bar 10.6+/-1.1 in measurement B (r=0.89, p<0.0001) respectively. The log transformed LF and HF BPV were <(c)over bar> 4.9+/-1.3 in measurement A and (x) over bar 5.3+/-0.9 in measurement B (r=0.70, p<0.0002), and <(x)over bar> 6.4+/-1.3 in measurement A and 6.6+/-1.2 in measurement B (R=0.71 p<0.0001) respectively. In conclusion, time frequency analysis of HRV and BPV is reproducible and reliable in patients with COPD while controlling their respiratory rate and oxygen hemoglobin saturation. Reproducibility of these measurements may allow for a non-invasive evaluation of autonomic tone in response to treatments in COPD patients.
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