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Copyright Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical Nov/Dec 2003

Abstract

With the aim of evaluating the cardiac autonomic function in elderly chagasic patients living in an endemic area, we evaluated, by using computadorized heart rate variability, 28 elderly chagasic with the indeterminate form, 28 elderly non chagasic and 28 young healthy control. In all patients we performed conventional eletrcardiogram, radiological investigation of thorax, and with contrast of esophagus and colons and echodopplercardiogram. Non chagasic patients did not perform only the exams with contrast. The sistolic ventricular funtion was preserved in all subjects. There was no statistically significant difference between the groups with regard to mean duration of RR intervals. Considering the variance, standard deviation, variation coeficient and pNN50 there was statistically significant difference between the young and elderly groups but no difference was found when the analysis was performed in each one separately for these temporal indexes. We conclude that, in basal condition, the groups of elderly chagasic and no chagasic subjects did not differ as much as the cardiac autonomic modulation in time domain.

Details

Title
Temporal analysis of cardiac frequency variability in basal condition in elderly chagasic subjects in indeterminate form in endemic área
Author
Resende, Luiz Antonio Pertili R; Carneiro, Aldo César de Freitas; Ferreira, Bruno Doriguetto Couto; Silva, Raphael Antônio Gomes da; Silva, Valdo José Dias da; Prata, Aluízio A.; Correia, Dalmo D.
Section
Artigos
Publication year
2003
Publication date
Nov/Dec 2003
Publisher
Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
ISSN
00378682
e-ISSN
16789849
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
1449160261
Copyright
Copyright Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical Nov/Dec 2003