[Autonomic alcoholic polyneuropathy].
Measurement of heart rate variability was performed in a group of 106 healthy volunteers and 31 alcoholics. The mean momentary arrhythmia of normal individuals shows an exponential decrease with growing age. In 5 of 31 alcoholics a cardiac autonomic neuropathy was found with this parameter. The withdrawing alcoholics had a significant increase of heart rate and decrease of heart rate variability compared to later measurements, what is in agreement with the concept of hyperexcitability in early withdrawal.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications*; D001342:Autonomic Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006321:Heart / Q000294:innervation; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011115:Polyneuropathies / Q000209:etiology*; D014630:Vagus Nerve / Q000187:drug effects
Untersuchungen zur autonomen alkoholischen Polyneuropathie.