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Heart rate variability.

Iwona Cygankiewicz¹, Wojciech Zareba

¹Department of Electrocardiology, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland.

Handbook of Clinical Neurology

|October 8, 2013

Summary

Heart rate variability (HRV) assessment aids in diagnosing autonomic dysfunction and predicting outcomes in neurological conditions. Altered HRV also indicates cardiovascular risk in these patients.

Area of Science:

Neurology
Cardiology
Autonomic Neuroscience

Background:

Heart rate variability (HRV) reflects autonomic nervous system activity and is a known cardiovascular risk marker.
Growing interest exists in using HRV for diagnosing autonomic impairment and predicting prognosis in neurological disorders.
Both simple and advanced HRV analyses can detect early autonomic dysfunction in neurological diseases.

Purpose of the Study:

To review the clinical and prognostic utility of HRV analysis in various neurological conditions.
To highlight the role of HRV in assessing autonomic involvement and cardiovascular risk.

Main Methods:

Review of clinical and prognostic applications of HRV analysis.
Inclusion of time, frequency domain, and nonlinear HRV analysis methods.

Keywords:

Parkinson's disease diabetes heart rate variability multiple sclerosis muscular dystrophy neuropathy prognosis stroke

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Examination of HRV in diabetes, stroke, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophies, Parkinson's disease, and epilepsy.

Main Results:

HRV analysis, including advanced methods, effectively detects early autonomic impairment in neurological disorders.
Altered HRV parameters are associated with increased cardiovascular risk, including sudden cardiac events, in neurological patients.

Conclusions:

HRV is a valuable tool for assessing autonomic function and cardiovascular risk in patients with neurological diseases.
HRV analysis offers significant clinical and prognostic insights across a spectrum of neurological conditions.