Heart rate recovery: autonomic determinants, methods of assessment and association with mortality and cardiovascular diseases

• Published in: Clinical physiology and functional imaging Vol. 34; no. 5; pp. 327 - 339
• Main Authors: Peçanha, Tiago, Silva-Júnior, Natan Daniel, Forjaz, Cláudia Lúcia de Moraes
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.09.2014; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: autonomic nervous system; Autonomic Nervous System - physiopathology; Cardiovascular Diseases - diagnosis; Cardiovascular Diseases - mortality; Cardiovascular Diseases - physiopathology; Electrocardiography; Exercise; Exercise Test; Health risk assessment; Heart - innervation; Heart Rate; Humans; Methods; Models, Biological; Mortality; parasympathetic nervous system; Predictive Value of Tests; Prognosis; Recovery of Function; Risk Factors; sympathetic nervous system; Time Factors; exercise; heart rate; autonomic nervous system; parasympathetic nervous system; sympathetic nervous system

Summary Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the primary cause of mortality worldwide. Cardiac autonomic dysfunction seems to be related to the genesis of several CVDs and is also linked to the increased risk of mortality in CVD patients. The quantification of heart rate decrement after exercise – known...