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Relationship between ischemic stroke location and autonomic cardiac function.
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Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia [J Clin Neurosci] 2013 Mar; Vol. 20 (3), pp. 406-9. Date of Electronic Publication: 2012 Dec 07. - Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- Autonomic cardiac dysfunction is a common complication after acute ischemic stroke (IS). We recruited 75 patients with acute IS with measurements of autonomic cardiac function, including heart rate variability (HRV) and associated parameters, and compared them with 81 controls. Of the 75 patients, 28 had right hemispheric infarctions (RH), 29 had left hemispheric infarctions (LH), and 18 had brainstem infarctions (BS). A comparison of HRV in all patients with stroke and in control subjects showed significant differences between IS subgroups and controls in low frequency (LF), high frequency (HF), normalized LF, normalized HF, and LF/HF ranges. A post-hoc comparison identified significant differences between patients with IS with BS infarctions and the control group in LF, HF, and LF/HF ranges. BS infarction may cause a much greater increase in sympathetic modulation and reduced vagal activity compared to RH or LH infarction. Our findings provide evidence that acute IS causes significant damage to the cardiovascular autonomic system, manifesting as abnormalities of HRV. BS stroke might correlate with a significant reduction in parasympathetic and an increase in sympathetic influence on HRV.<br /> (Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1532-2653
- Volume :
- 20
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 23219823
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocn.2012.02.047