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18452777

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
18
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-5-2
pubmed:abstractText
Certain abnormalities of autonomic function in the setting of structural cardiovascular disease have been associated with an adverse prognosis. Various markers of autonomic activity have received increased attention as methods for identifying patients at risk for sudden death. Both the sympathetic and the parasympathetic limbs can be characterized by tonic levels of activity, which are modulated by, and respond reflexively to, physiological changes. Heart rate provides an index of the net effects of autonomic tone on the sinus node, and carries prognostic significance. Heart rate variability, though related to heart rate, assesses modulation of autonomic control of heart rate and carries additional prognostic information, which in some cases is more powerful than heart rate alone. Heart rate recovery after exercise represents the changes in autonomic tone that occur immediately after cessation of exercise. This index has also been shown to have prognostic significance. Autonomic evaluation during exercise and recovery may be important prognostically, because these are high-risk periods for sudden death, and the autonomic changes that occur with exercise could modulate this high risk. These markers provide related, but not redundant information about different aspects of autonomic effects on the sinus node.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
1558-3597
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
6
pubmed:volume
51
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1725-33
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Assessment of autonomic function in cardiovascular disease: physiological basis and prognostic implications.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review