Title Linear and nonlinear analysis of heart rate variability in healthy subjects and after acute myocardial infarction in patients.
Author Kunz, V C; Borges, E N; Coelho, R C; Gubolino, L A; Martins, L E B; Silva, E
Journal Braz J Med Biol Res Publication Year/Month 2012-May
PMID 22370707 PMCID PMC3854283
Affiliation 1.Laboratorio de Fisioterapia Cardiovascular, Nucleo de Pesquisa em Exercicio Fisico, Departamento de Fisioterapia, Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos, SP, Brasil. vandenikunz@yahoo.com.br.

The objectives of this study were to evaluate and compare the use of linear and nonlinear methods for analysis of heart rate variability (HRV) in healthy subjects and in patients after acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Heart rate (HR) was recorded for 15 min in the supine position in 10 patients with AMI taking beta-blockers (aged 57 +/- 9 years) and in 11 healthy subjects (aged 53 +/- 4 years). HRV was analyzed in the time domain (RMSSD and RMSM), the frequency domain using low- and high-frequency bands in normalized units (nu; LFnu and HFnu) and the LF/HF ratio and approximate entropy (ApEn) were determined. There was a correlation (P < 0.05) of RMSSD, RMSM, LFnu, HFnu, and the LF/HF ratio index with the ApEn of the AMI group on the 2nd (r = 0.87, 0.65, 0.72, 0.72, and 0.64) and 7th day (r = 0.88, 0.70, 0.69, 0.69, and 0.87) and of the healthy group (r = 0.63, 0.71, 0.63, 0.63, and 0.74), respectively. The median HRV indexes of the AMI group on the 2nd and 7th day differed from the healthy group (P < 0.05): RMSSD = 10.37, 19.95, 24.81; RMSM = 23.47, 31.96, 43.79; LFnu = 0.79, 0.79, 0.62; HFnu = 0.20, 0.20, 0.37; LF/HF ratio = 3.87, 3.94, 1.65; ApEn = 1.01, 1.24, 1.31, respectively. There was agreement between the methods, suggesting that these have the same power to evaluate autonomic modulation of HR in both AMI patients and healthy subjects. AMI contributed to a reduction in cardiac signal irregularity, higher sympathetic modulation and lower vagal modulation.

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