Effects of Acute Hypoxia on Heart Rate Variability in Patients with Pulmonary Vascular Disease

Pulmonary vascular diseases (PVDs), defined as arterial or chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension, are associated with autonomic cardiovascular dysregulation. Resting heart rate variability (HRV) is commonly used to assess autonomic function. Hypoxia is associated with sympathetic overactivation and patients with PVD might be particularly vulnerable to hypoxia-induced autonomic dysregulation. In a randomised crossover trial, 17 stable patients with PVD (resting PaO2 ≥ 7.3 kPa) were exposed to ambient air (FiO2 = 21%) and normobaric hypoxia (FiO2 = 15%) in random order. Indices of resting HRV were derived from two nonoverlapping 5-10-min three-lead electrocardiography segments. We found a significant increase in all time- and frequency-domain HRV measures in response to normobaric hypoxia. There was a significant increase in root mean squared sum difference of RR intervals (RMSSD; 33.49 (27.14) vs. 20.76 (25.19) ms; p < 0.01) and RR50 count divided by the total number of all RR intervals (pRR50; 2.75 (7.81) vs. 2.24 (3.39) ms; p = 0.03) values in normobaric hypoxia compared to ambient air. Both high-frequency (HF; 431.40 (661.56) vs. 183.70 (251.25) ms2; p < 0.01) and low-frequency (LF; 558.60 (746.10) vs. 203.90 (425.63) ms2; p = 0.02) values were significantly higher in normobaric hypoxia compared to normoxia. These results suggest a parasympathetic dominance during acute exposure to normobaric hypoxia in PVD.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

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Journal of clinical medicine - 12(2023), 5 vom: 23. Feb.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Meszaros, Martina [VerfasserIn]
Schneider, Simon R [VerfasserIn]
Mayer, Laura C [VerfasserIn]
Lichtblau, Mona [VerfasserIn]
Pengo, Martino F [VerfasserIn]
Berlier, Charlotte [VerfasserIn]
Saxer, Stéphanie [VerfasserIn]
Furian, Michael [VerfasserIn]
Bloch, Konrad E [VerfasserIn]
Ulrich, Silvia [VerfasserIn]
Schwarz, Esther I [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

CTEPH
Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension
HRV
Heart rate variability
Hypoxia
Journal Article
PAH
PVD
Pulmonary arterial hypertension
Pulmonary vascular disease

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Date Revised 13.03.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/jcm12051782

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM354082027