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- Title
HRV Analysis: A Clinical and Diagnostic Tool in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
- Authors
Barbosa Bernardo, Aline Fernanda; Vanderlei, Luiz Carlos M.; Garner, David M.
- Abstract
This study's aim is to analyze heart rate dynamics in subjects with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ( COPD ) by measures of heart rate variability (HRV). HRV is a simple and noninvasive measure of autonomic impulses. 38 adults were divided into two equal groups based on respiratory function: COPD and normal. HRV was monitored in the supine position for 30 minutes. After tests of normality, Kruskal-Wallis was used for the statistical analysis, with the level of significance set at P < 0.05. Principal component analysis identified two components representing 99.5% of total variance. Furthermore, it is suggested that the chaos forward parameter (CFP) which applies all three "chaotic globals" is the most influential, although others are statistically more significant. The COPD subjects exhibited a decrease in the CFP. COPD can be termed a dynamical condition, decreasing the chaotic response. The perceived benefits of such analysis include quantitative assessment and suitable pharmacological intervention in the respiratory condition, especially of other related dynamical diseases such as cardiac failure.
- Subjects
HEART beat; OBSTRUCTIVE lung diseases; NONINVASIVE diagnostic tests; CHAOS theory; MULTIPLE correspondence analysis (Statistics); RESPIRATORY agents
- Publication
ISRN Otolaryngology, 2014, p1
- ISSN
2090-5742
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1155/2014/673232