HUMAN SINUS ARRHYTHMIA AS AN INDEX OF VAGAL CARDIAC OUTFLOW
HUMAN SINUS ARRHYTHMIA AS AN INDEX OF VAGAL CARDIAC OUTFLOW
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DOI:
10.1152/jappl.1983.54.4.961
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发表时间:
1983-01-01
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
ECKBERG, DL
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作者:
ECKBERG, DL
Since changes of heart period follow changes of cardiac vagal efferent activity quantitatively with nearly fixed latencies, measurments of respiratory sinus arrhythmia may provide insights into human central vagal mechanisms. Intervals were measured between heart-beats during controlled breathing (at breathing intervals of 2.5-10 s and nominal tidal volumes of 1000 and 1500 ml) in 6 healthy young men and women. As the breathing interval increased, the longest heart periods became longer, the shortest heart periods became shorter and the peak-valley P-P intervals increased asymptotically. Peak-valley P-P intervals also increased in proportion to tidal volume. This influence was small: a 50% increase of tidal volume increased the average peak-valley P-P interval by only .apprx. 15%. The phase angles between heart period changes and respiration varied as linear functions of breathing interval. Heart period shortening (cardioacceleration) began in inspiration at short breathing intervals and in expiration at long breathing intervals. Heart period lengthening, however, began in early expiration at all breathing intervals studied. These results point toward a close relationship between variations of respiratory depth and interval and the quantity, periodicity and timing of vagal cardiac outflow in conscious humans. At usual breathing rates, phasic respiration-related changes of vagal motoneuron activity begin in expiration, progress slowly and are incompletely expressed at fast breathing rates.