Impairment of cardiac autonomic function in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy: relationship to myocardial and respiratory function

American Heart Journal
G A LanzaF Bellocci

Abstract

Previous studies reported an impairment of nervous autonomic activity in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). However, the relationship of the autonomic dysfunction to the impairment of cardiac mechanical function and of respiratory failure is not completely understood. We evaluated cardiac autonomic function by time- and frequency-domain heart rate variability (HRV) analysis on 24-hour Holter recordings in 60 patients with DMD (16.8 +/- 4.8 years) and 28 healthy control patients (15.2 +/- 4.6 years, P = not significant). The circadian rhythm of R-R interval, low frequency, high frequency, and low-frequency/high-frequency ratio was also assessed. In all patients, left ventricular ejection fraction was measured by 2D echocardiography; respiratory function was assessed by spirometry. All HRV parameters were lower in patients with DMD than in control subjects, with the percentage of differences between adjacent R-R intervals >50 ms (11.6% +/- 8.5% vs 27.3% +/- 14.1%, P =.00001) and high frequency (23.9 +/- 10.3 ms vs 36.1 +/- 12.2 ms, P =.0001) showing the strongest differences. A significant circadian rhythm of HRV variables was present in both groups, but it was considerably flattened in patients with DMD. There was ...Continue Reading

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