CHANGES IN PATTERNS OF 24-HR HEART RATE VARIABILITY AFTER KIDNEY AND KIDNEY-PANCREAS TRANSPLANT1,2

Abstract

Cardiac autonomic neuropathy arises in the presence of uremia and diabetes, with severe dysfunction seen when these conditions occur concomitantly. Improvement in cardiac autonomic function follows both kidney and kidney-pancreas transplantation with more pronounced improvement in the circadian measures. Therefore, circadian measures of 24-hr HRV could be used to monitor the restoration of cardiac autonomic function.