title: [Autonomic nerve function in patients with systemic scleroderma using heart rate variability analysis].
abstract: We examined autonomic nerve function in patients with systemic scleroderma (SSc) using power spectral analysis of heart rate variability. In the SSc group, both in nighttime (0:00a.m.-5:00a.m.) and daytime (10:00a.m.-5:00p.m.), HF elements, a parasympathetic nerve index, were lower and LF/HF ratios, a sympathetic nerve index, were higher than in the control group. This suggests that in SSc patients, sympathetic nerve activity was increased and parasympathetic nerve activity was decreased throughout the day.
authors.affiliation: Section of Clinical Laboratory, Gifu University Hospital, Gifu 501-1194.
authors.forename: Harumi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kawase
authors.forename: Manabu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maeda
authors.forename: Toshio
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Horai
authors.forename: Hisayasu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wada
authors.forename: Yasuo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kitajima
authors.forename: Mitsuru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Seishima
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001341:Autonomic Nervous System / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012595:Scleroderma, Systemic / Q000503:physiopathology*