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Evaluation of heart rate changes: electrocardiographic versus photoplethysmographic methodsThe heart rate (HR) variation to forced deep breathing (HRDB) and to the Valsalva maneuver (Valsalva ratio; VR) are the two most widely used tests of cardiovagal function in human subjects. The HR is derived from a continuously running electrocardiographic (ECG) recording. Recently, HR derived from the arterial waveform became available on the Finapres device (FinapHR), but its ability to detect rapid changes in HR remains uncertain. We therefore evaluated HRDB and VR derived from FinapHR using ECG-derived HR (ECGHR) recordings as the standard. We also compared the averaged HR on Finapres (Finapav) with beat-to-beat Finapres (FinapBB) values. Studies were undertaken in 12 subjects with large HR variations: age, 34.5 +/- 9.3 (SD) years; six males and six females. FinapBB values were superimposable upon ECGHR for both HRDB and VR. In contrast, Finapav failed to follow ECGHR for HRDB and followed HRECG with a lag for the VR. To evaluate statistically how closely FinapHR approximated ECGHR, we undertook regression analysis, using mean values for each subject. To compare the two methods, we evaluated the significance of the difference between test and standard values. For HRDB, FinapBB reproducibly recorded HR (R2 = 0.998), and was significantly (p = 0.001) better than Finapav (R2 = 0.616; p < 0.001). For VR, HRBB generated a VR that was not significantly different from the correct values, while HRav generated a value that was slightly but consistently lower than the correct values (p < 0.001). We conclude that FinapHR reliably records HR variations in the beat-to-beat mode for cardiovascular HR tests.
Document ID
20040172985
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Low, P. A.
(Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN 55905, United States)
Opfer-Gehrking, T. L.
Zimmerman, I. R.
O'Brien, P. C.
Date Acquired
August 22, 2013
Publication Date
April 1, 1997
Publication Information
Publication: Clinical autonomic research : official journal of the Clinical Autonomic Research Society
Volume: 7
Issue: 2
ISSN: 0959-9851
Subject Category
Aerospace Medicine
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: PO1 NS32352
CONTRACT_GRANT: NS30534
CONTRACT_GRANT: NS22352
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
Non-NASA Center
NASA Discipline Cardiopulmonary

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