The importance of high-frequency paced breathing in spectral baroreflex sensitivity assessment

• Authors: FREDERIKS Joost; SWENNE Cees A.; TENVOORDE Ben J.; HONZÍKOVÁ Nataša; LEVERT Jeroen V.; MAAN Arie C.; SCHALIJ Martin J.; BRUSCHKE Albert V.G.
• Year of publication: 2000
• Type: Article in Periodical
• Magazine / Source: Journal of Hypertension
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Medicine
• Field: Physiology
• Keywords: baroreflex sensitivity; metronome respiration; heart rate variability; blood pressure variability; autonomic nervous system
• Description: Baroreflex sensitivity was studied during metronome controlled breathing. A dependence of baroreflex sensitivity on frequency of respiration was proved.

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