Keyl, C. and Schneider, A. and Gamboa, A. and Spicuzza, L. and Casiraghi, N. and Mori, A. and Ramirez, R. T. and Leon-Velarde, F. and Bernardi, L. (2003) Autonomic cardiovascular function in high-altitude Andean natives with chronic mountain sickness. JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY, 94 (1). pp. 213-219. ISSN 8750-7587
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We evaluated autonomic cardiovascular regulation in subjects with polycythemia and chronic mountain sickness (CMS) and tested the hypothesis that an increase in arterial oxygen saturation has a beneficial effect on arterial baroreflex sensitivity in these subjects. Ten Andean natives with a Het >65% and 10 natives with a Het <60%, all living permanently at an altitude of 4,300 m, were included in the study. Cardiovascular autonomic regulation was evaluated by spectral analysis of hemodynamic parameters, while subjects breathed spontaneously or frequency controlled at 0.1 and 0.25 Hz, respectively. The recordings were repeated after a 1-h administration of supplemental oxygen and after frequency-controlled breathing at 6 breaths/min for 1 h, respectively. Subjects with Het >65% showed an increased incidence of CMS compared with subjects with Het <60%. Spontaneous baroreflex sensitivity was significantly lower in subjects with high Het compared with the control group. The effects of supplemental oxygen or modification of the breathing pattern on autonomic function were as follows: 1) heart rate decreased significantly after both maneuvers in both groups, and 2) spontaneous baroreflex sensitivity increased significantly in subjects with high Het and did not differ from subjects with low Het. Temporary slow-frequency breathing may provide a beneficial effect on the autonomic cardiovascular function in high-altitude natives with CMS.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | HEART-RATE-VARIABILITY; POSTMYOCARDIAL INFARCTION PATIENTS; POWER SPECTRAL-ANALYSIS; BAROREFLEX SENSITIVITY; BLOOD-PRESSURE; BARORECEPTOR REFLEX; PHENYLEPHRINE; FREQUENCY; HUMANS; TIME; autonomic nervous system; hypoxia; baroreflex |
| Subjects: | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine |
| Divisions: | Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Anästhesiologie |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Aug 2021 12:00 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Aug 2021 12:00 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/39472 |
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