Title: Interobserver reproducibility of heart rate variability in children (the Bogalusa Heart Study)
Abstract: Measurement of heart rate variability (HRV) presents an opportunity to assess heart rate control noninvasively by the autonomic nervous system. Time and frequency domain measures are considered to be clinically relevant and are being used to predict morbidity and mortality in several clinical conditions, including acute myocardial infarction, 1 Kleiger R.E Miller J.P Bigger J.T Moss A.J Multicenter Post-Infarction Research GroupDecreased HRV and its association with increased mortality after acute myocardial infarction. Am J Cardiol. 1987; 59: 256-262 Abstract Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (3337) Google Scholar diabetic neuropathy, 2 Pagani M Malfatto G Pierini S Casati R Masu A.M Poli M Guzzetti S Lombardi F Cerutti S Malliani A Spectral analysis of HRV in the assessment of autonomic diabetic neuropathy. J Auton Nerv Syst. 1988; 23: 143-153 Abstract Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (323) Google Scholar and in children with congenital heart disease. 3 Gordon D Herrera V.L McAlpine L Cohen R.J Akselrod S Lang P Norwood W.I Heart-rate spectral analysis a noninvasive probe of cardiovascular regulation in critically ill children with heart disease. Pediatr Cardiol. 1988; 9: 69-77 Crossref PubMed Scopus (49) Google Scholar , 4 Massin M von Bernuth G Clinical and haemodynamic correlates of HRV in children with congenital heart disease. Eur J Pediatr. 1998; 157: 967-971 Crossref PubMed Scopus (53) Google Scholar , 5 Heragu N.P Scott W.A HRV in healthy children and in those with congenital heart disease both before and after operation. Am J Cardiol. 1999; 83: 1654-1657 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (53) Google Scholar Several studies have addressed the short- and long-term reproducibility of HRV measures that are necessary for clinical use and predictive value 6 Burger A.J Charlamb M Weinrauch L.A D'Elia J.A Short-and long-term reproducibility of HRV in patients with long-standing type I diabetes mellitus. Am J Cardiol. 1997; 80: 1198-1202 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (50) Google Scholar , 7 Pardo Y Merz C.N.B Paul-Labrador M Velasquez I Gottdiener J.S Kop W.J Krantz D.S Rozanski A Klein J Peter T HRV reproducibility and stability using commercially available equipment in coronary artery disease with daily life myocardial ischemia. Am J Cardiol. 1996; 78: 866-870 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (33) Google Scholar , 8 Pitzalis M.V Mastropasqua F Massari F Forleo C Di Maggio M Passantino A Colombo R Di Biase M Rizzon P Short- and long-term reproducibility of time and frequency domain HRV measurements in normal subjects. Cardiovasc Res. 1996; 32: 226-233 Crossref PubMed Scopus (127) Google Scholar , 9 Ponikowski P Piepoli M Amadi A.A Chua T.P Harrington D Volterrani M Colombo R Mazzuero G Giordano A Coats A.J.S Reproducibility of HRV measures in patients with chronic heart failure. Clin Sci. 1996; 91: 391-398 Crossref PubMed Scopus (27) Google Scholar ; however, limited information is available regarding interobserver reproducibility. 10 Kroll D.J Freed L.A Stein K.M Borer J.S Kligfield P Rhythm annotation and interobserver reproducibility of measures of HRV. Am J Cardiol. 1996; 78: 1055-1057 Abstract Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (6) Google Scholar Although these studies were performed in adults, there are no published data on reproducibility of HRV in children. This study examines interobserver differences in the annotation of 24-hour electrocardiograms recorded on children, and the conversion of these data to time and frequency domain measures.
Publication Year: 2000
Publication Date: 2000-12-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref', 'pubmed']
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