Cardiac Autonomic Function Evaluated by the Heart Rate Turbulence Method was not Changed in Obese Patients without Co morbidities      
Yazarlar (6)
Alaettin Avsar
Afyon Kocatepe Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Gursel Acarturk
Afyon Kocatepe Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Mehmet Melek
Afyon Kocatepe Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Celal Kilit
Afyon Kocatepe Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Ersel Onrat
Afyon Kocatepe Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Makale Türü Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı JOURNAL OF KOREAN MEDICAL SCIENCE
Dergi ISSN 1011-8934 Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SCI
Dergi Grubu Q4
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 01-2007
Cilt No 22
Sayı 4
Sayfalar 629 / 632
DOI Numarası 10.3346/jkms.2007.22.4.629
Özet
Obese subjects are more prone to sudden deaths and arrhythmias than non-obese subjects. Heart rate turbulence (HRT) impairment reflects cardiac autonomic dysfunction, in particular impaired baroreflex sensitivity and reduced parasympathetic activity. Our aim was to evaluate the cardiac autonomic function in obesity by the HRT method. Ninety obese subjects and 112 healthy subjects were included in the study. Twenty-four hours ambulatory electrocardiograms were recorded and Holter recordings were analyzed. HRT parameters, turbulence onset (TO) and turbulence slope (TS), were calculated with HRT View Version 0.60-0.1 software program. HRT were calculated in 43 obese and 43 control subjects who had at least one ventricular premature beat in their Holter recordings. We excluded 47 obese patients and 69 control subjects who showed no ventricular premature beats in their Holter recordings from the statistical analysis. There were no significant differences in TO and TS between obese and control subjects (TO obese: -1.6±2.2%, TO control: -2.1±2.6%, p>0.05; TS obese: 8.2±5.2, TS control: 10.1±6.7, p>0.05, respectively). HRT parameters seem to be normal in obese patients without comorbidities. Copyright © The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Autonomic nervous system | Heart rate | Obesity