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- Title
Activity-Responsive Pacing Produces Long-Term Heart Rate Variability.
- Authors
RAJ, SATISH R.; ROACH, DANIEL E.; KOSHMAN, MARY‐LOU; SHELDON, ROBERT S.
- Abstract
Origin of Long-term HRV. Introduction: Long-term heart rate variability (HRV) measures, including the standard deviation of means of successive 5-minute epochs of R-R interval intervals (SDANN) and the power law slope (β), are important prognostic measures, yet their physiologic basis is unknown. We tested the hypothesis that long-term HRV arises from physical activity in a randomized cross-over study in patients with rate-responsive pacemakers. Methods and Results: Ten patients with complete heart block and dual-chamber pacemakers underwent 24-hour periods of ambulatory ECG in each of three pacing modes: atrially tracked, fixed-rate, and rate-responsive pacing. SDANN, ultralow frequency (ULF; frequencies <0.0033 Hz), and β slope were calculated; and high-frequency power and root mean square of consecutive normal R-R intervals (rMSSD) were calculated as measures of short-term HRV, which have autonomic origins. Long-term HRV measures were similar with atrially tracked and rate-responsive pacing and were much greater than in fixed-rate pacing (SDANN P = 0.0001; ULF P = 0.0001; β slope P = 0.0002). Short-term HRV measures were similarly low in fixed-rate and rate-responsive pacing (P = NS) and were significantly lower than with atrially tracked pacing (P = 0.0034). Conclusion: Rate-responsive pacing reproduces long-term, but not short-term, measures of HRV, suggesting that they may be markers of heart rate responses to patient activity. (J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol, Vol. 15, pp. 179-183, February 2004)
- Subjects
HEART beat; CARDIAC pacemakers; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; CARDIOVASCULAR fitness; HEART block; PROGNOSIS; PATIENTS
- Publication
Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology, 2004, Vol 15, Issue 2, p179
- ISSN
1045-3873
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1540-8167.2004.03342.x