Ambulatory ECG and analysis of heart rate variability in Parkinson's disease

Tarja Haapaniemi

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry · 2001 · 194 citations · 44 references

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Abstract

Parkinson's disease causes dysfunction of the diurnal autonomic cardiovascular regulation as demonstrated by the spectral measures of heart rate variability and the slope of the power law relation. This dysfunction seems to be more profound in patients with more severe Parkinson's disease.

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