title: Assessment of spectral analysis of heart rate variability in patients with history of atrial fibrillation by means of age-dependent parameters.
abstract: Heart rate variability evaluation is a useful diagnostic tool for autonomic nervous balance assessment. The role of the autonomic nervous system in aetiology of atrial fibrillation is sometimes clear as a trigger from a patient's history, but mostly it acts as a modulating factor which is not easy to detect. The present study demonstrates results of spectral analysis of short-term heart rate variability during ortho-clinostatic tests processed by means of age-dependent parameters. An original telemetric system and a unique method for heart rate variability assessment, developed by the Faculty of Physical Culture, were applied for the first time to examine patients with the history of atrial fibrillation.
authors.affiliation: 1st Department of Internal Medicine, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic. jan.galuszka@fnol.cz
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Galuszka
authors.forename: Pavel
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Stejskal
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lukl
authors.forename: Jana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zapletalová
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001341:Autonomic Nervous System / Q000503:physiopathology; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged