title: Short- versus long-term ECG recordings for the assessment of non-linear heart rate variability parameters after beating heart myocardial revascularization.
abstract: Non-linear analyses of heart rate dynamics reveal subtle changes not evident from conventional heart rate variability measures. Traditionally, the information was inferred from 24-hour ECG recordings, making it less suitable for clinical application. Moreover, only few studies have attempted to evaluate the reliability of non-linear analyses in relation to varying proportion of artifacts in tracings. In 67 patients revascularized with beating-heart technique, fractal dimension and detrended fluctuation analyses were obtained from 24-hour Holter and 15-minute high-resolution ECG recordings pre and postoperatively. We found strong correlations of non-linear indices between 24-hour and 15-minute recordings (0.54-0.77, p<0.001), unaffected by proportion of artifacts.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Clinical Center Maribor, Slovenia. jusksela@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Jus
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ksela
authors.forename: Jurij Matija
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Kalisnik
authors.forename: Viktor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Avbelj
authors.forename: Gaj
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vidmar
authors.forename: Piotr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Suwalski
authors.forename: Grzegorz
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Suwalski
authors.forename: Kazimierz
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Suwalski
authors.forename: Borut
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gersak
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000379:methods; D009204:Myocardial Revascularization