Title Cardiac sympathetic activity assessed by heart rate variability indicates myocardial ischemia on cold exposure in diabetes.
Author Sasaki, Keita; Matsushita, Shonosuke; Sato, Fujio; Tokunaga, Chiho; Hyodo, Kazuyuki; Sakakibara, Yuzuru
Journal Ann Vasc Dis Publication Year/Month 2013
PMID 24130613 PMCID PMC3793179
Affiliation 1.School of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.

Measurement of heart rate variability (HRV) is a non-invasive technique that can be used to investigate functioning of the autonomic nervous system, especially the balance between sympathetic and vagal activities. It is reported that dilatation of coronary microcirculation by augmentation of sympathetic nerve activity (SNA) caused by cold exposure was impaired in diabetes. The question of whether or not SNA in HRV could respond to coronary ischemia was evaluated by cold exposure in diabetic rats. It was found that diabetes with weight loss significantly increased SNA both in baseline and cold exposure, compared with control. A correspondence was also found with coronary ischemia. It can be concluded that measurement of HRV may provide useful information regarding the coronary risk of cold exposure in diabetes. (English translation of J Jpn Coll Angiol 2012; 52: 295-301).

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