Heart rate variability and autonomic function tests in HIV positive individuals in India.
Supine heart rate variability (HRV) and autonomic tests were carried to determine whether autonomic activity was affected in HIV positive patients. The pressor response following handgrip and cold pressor test was blunted in HIV+ patients, and the degree of dysfunction correlated with CD4 cell counts. The extent of autonomic impairment was mild and subclinical.
Sakhuja
Ankit
A
Goyal
Ankur
A
Jaryal
Ashok Kumar
AK
Wig
Naveet
N
Vajpayee
Madhu
M
Kumar
Ajay
A
Deepak
Kishore Kumar
KK
D000328:Adult; D018501:Antirheumatic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001341:Autonomic Nervous System / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D018791:CD4 Lymphocyte Count; D005260:Female; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008297:Male
D018501:Antirheumatic Agents