title: [The influence of the Wysowa Spa treatment on heart function].
abstract: The authors performed the study of the influence of spa treatment in Wysowa Health Resort on heart function in 294 subjects during their 24-day stay in sanatorium within three groups of patients: 28 with diabetes mellitus, 63 with arterial hypertension and a control group. Hemodynamic parameters were recorded by non-invasive impedance cardiography twice: in the first three days of spa treatment and again in the last three days of a 24-day stay. The following hemodynamic parameters were evaluated: SBP, DBP, MAP, CI, SVRI, IC, ACI, LCWI, EF, SI, EDI, TFC, HR. Relation of hemodynamic parameter changes on other measurable features was described in each group by correlation analysis. A small value of Pearson r coefficient proves a small relation among the examined variables. Both in the control group and in diabetic patients and also in patients with arterial hypertension, a spa treatment in Wysowa Health Resort does not show a significant influence to the examined hemodynamic parameters measured by impedance cardiography.
authors.affiliation: Przedsiebiorstwa Państwowego Uzdrowisko Wysowa w Wysowej-Zdroju.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Paszkot
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Grzeszczak
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kokoszka-Paszkot
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006294:Health Resorts; D006321:Heart / Q000502:physiology*; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011044:Poland