RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Heart rate variability with deep breathing as a clinical test of cardiovagal function
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP S37
OP S40
DO 10.3949/ccjm.76.s2.08
VO 76
IS 4 suppl 2
A1 Robert W. Shields, Jr.
YR 2009
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/76/4_suppl_2/S37.abstract
AB Research into heart rate variability (HRV) and respiration over the past 150 years has led to the insight that HRV with deep breathing (HRVdb) is a highly sensitive measure of cardiovagal or parasympathetic cardiac function. This sensitivity makes HRVdb an important part of the battery of cardiovascular autonomic function tests used in clinical autonomic laboratories. HRVdb is a reliable and sensitive clinical test for early detection of cardiovagal dysfunction in a wide range of autonomic disorders.