Title :
Preliminary assessment of the effectiveness of enhanced external counter pulsation on heart rate variability for heart failure patients
Author :
Jayaraman, K. ; Reisman, S.S. ; Petrock, A.M.
Author_Institution :
Biomed. Eng. Dept., New Jersey Inst. of Technol., Newark, NJ, USA
Abstract :
In this study the effect of the autonomic nervous system (ANS) on heart rate variability (HRV) during enhanced external counter pulsation (EECP) for heart failure patients was assessed. It is well understood that the ECG waveform windows the activity of the autonomic nervous system, which is quantified by determining the parameters such as low frequency (LF) and high frequency (HF) power. As the treatment progressed an increase in the HF, post treatment was observed. The preliminary results suggest that EECP treatment initiates an increase in vagal activity, with the most notable increase occurring between the third and fifth week period of the treatment.
Keywords :
biocontrol; cardiology; diseases; electrocardiography; haemodynamics; medical signal processing; neurophysiology; patient treatment; spectral analysis; ECG waveform; autonomic nervous system; enhanced external counter pulsation effectiveness; fifth week period; heart failure patients; heart rate variability; high frequency power; low frequency power; neural control mechanisms; post treatment; third week period; vagal activity; Autonomic nervous system; Control systems; Counting circuits; Electrocardiography; Frequency; Hafnium; Heart rate; Heart rate variability; Medical treatment; Spectral analysis;
Conference_Titel :
Bioengineering Conference, 2003 IEEE 29th Annual, Proceedings of
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7767-2
DOI :
10.1109/NEBC.2003.1216023
