Effect of sleep stage on the relationship between respiration and heart rate variability

Author

Ichimaru, Yuhei ; Clark, Kevin P. ; Ringler, J. ; Weiss, Woodrow J.

Author_Institution

Harvard-MIT Div. of Health Sci. & Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA

fYear

1990

fDate

23-26 Sep 1990

Firstpage

657

Lastpage

660

Abstract

The effect of the sleep stage on the cardiorespiratory relationship in five patients with sleep apnea syndrome is studied. Initially developed was a polysomnographic data management system. Polysomnographic data are digitally stored totally on a hard disk. The stored data were rapidly retrieved, displayed on a CRT screen and analyzed quantitatively and semiautomatically by a screen editor. A period of regular breathing was selected in each sleep stage. The high-frequency band of power spectrum of heart rate variability decreased significantly during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. The RR-interval was shorter during REM sleep than during non-REM (NREM) sleep. It is concluded that the cardiorespiratory relationship is modulated by sleep stage during periods of regular breathing. It is speculated that this is due to decreased efferent parasympathetic activity during REM sleep compared to NREM sleep

Keywords

biomedical measurement; cardiology; CRT screen; RR-interval; cardiorespiratory relationship; efferent parasympathetic activity; heart rate variability; high-frequency band; nonREM sleep; polysomnographic data management system; power spectrum; rapid eye movement sleep; regular breathing; respiration; screen editor; sleep apnea syndrome; sleep stage; Biomedical monitoring; Cardiac disease; Cardiology; Condition monitoring; Electrocardiography; Frequency; Heart rate; Heart rate variability; Patient monitoring; Sleep;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computers in Cardiology 1990, Proceedings.

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL

Print_ISBN

0-8186-2225-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CIC.1990.144305

Filename

144305