Abstract:
:Two quantitative techniques have been evaluated to examine whether respiratory sinus arrhythmia can be detected in atrial fibrillation. Cyclical changes in heart rate during deep breathing indicating respiratory sinus arrhythmia were seen in 11/15 control patients, but only 1/44 patients with atrial fibrillation. Power spectrum analysis suggested that more subtle variations in heart rate with breathing may be present in some patients with atrial fibrillation where it was not detectable by simpler techniques. These results support the hypothesis that although respiratory sinus arrhythmia is not detectable in atrial fibrillation by conventional means, there may still be some mediation of heart rate either by vagal or extravagal mechanisms.
journal_name
Med Eng Physjournal_title
Medical engineering & physicsauthors
Chandler ST,Trewby PNdoi
10.1016/1350-4533(94)90061-2subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1994-07-01 00:00:00pages
334-7issue
4eissn
1350-4533issn
1873-4030journal_volume
16pub_type
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