Language:
English
In:
BMC neurology, 2016-05-04, Vol.16 (1), p.61-61
Description:
Patients with a history of mild TBI (post-mTBI-patients) have an unexplained increase in long-term mortality which might be related to central autonomic dysregulation (CAD). We investigated whether standardized baroreflex-loading, induced by a Valsalva maneuver (VM), unveils CAD in otherwise healthy post-mTBI-patients.
In 29 healthy persons (31.3 ± 12.2 years; 9 women) and 25 post-mTBI-patients (35.0 ± 13.2 years, 7 women, 4-98 months post-injury), we monitored respiration (RESP), RR-intervals (RRI) and systolic blood pressure (BP) at rest and during three VMs. At rest, we calculated parameters of total autonomic modulation [RRI-coefficient-of-variation (CV), RRI-standard-deviation (RRI-SD), RRI-total-powers], of sympathetic [RRI-low-frequency-powers (LF), BP-LF-powers] and parasympathetic modulation [square-root-of-mean-squared-differences-of-successive-RRIs (RMSSD), RRI-high-frequency-powers (HF)], the index of sympatho-vagal balance (RRI LF/HF-ratios), and baroreflex sensitivity (BRS). We calculated Valsalva-ratios (VR) and times from lowest to highest RRIs after strain (VR-time) as indices of parasympathetic activation, intervals from highest systolic BP-values after strain-release to the time when systolic BP had fallen by 90 % of the differences between peak-phase-IV-BP and baseline-BP (90 %-BP-normalization-times), and velocities of BP-normalization (90 %-BP-normalization-velocities) as indices of sympathetic withdrawal. We compared patient- and control-parameters before and during VM (Mann-Whitney-U-tests or t-tests; significance: P 〈 0.05).
At rest, RRI-CVs, RRI-SDs, RRI-total-powers, RRI-LF-powers, BP-LF-powers, RRI-RMSSDs, RRI-HF-powers, and BRS were lower in patients than controls. During VMs, 90 %-BP-normalization-times were longer, and 90 %-BP-normalization-velocities were lower in patients than controls (P 〈 0.05).
Reduced autonomic modulation at rest and delayed BP-decrease after VM-induced baroreflex-loading indicate subtle CAD with altered baroreflex adjustment to challenge. More severe autonomic challenge might trigger more prominent cardiovascular dysregulation and thus contribute to increased mortality risk in post-mTBI-patients.
Subject(s):
Adult ; Amnesia ; Amygdala ; Apnea ; Arteriosclerosis ; Autonomic nervous system ; Autonomic Nervous System Diseases - physiopathology ; Baroreceptors ; Baroreflex ; Baroreflex dysfunction ; Blood Pressure ; Blood pressure overshoot ; Brain ; Brain Concussion - physiopathology ; Cardiovascular system ; Care and treatment ; Case-Control Studies ; Central autonomic network ; Complications and side effects ; Consciousness ; Disability ; Emotions ; Fatalities ; Female ; Heart diseases ; Heart rate ; Heart Rate - physiology ; Humans ; Hyperactivity ; Injuries ; Kidney diseases ; Kidney transplantation ; Male ; Metabolic disorders ; Mild traumatic brain injury ; Mortality ; pH effects ; Reflexes ; Research ; Respiration ; Risk factors ; Shores ; Skull ; Surgery ; Sympathetic dysregulation ; Syncope ; Temperature effects ; Traumatic brain injury ; Valsalva Maneuver
ISSN:
1471-2377
E-ISSN:
1471-2377
DOI:
10.1186/s12883-016-0584-5
Source:
BioMedCentral Open Access
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Academic Search Ultimate
Source:
PubMed Central
Source:
DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals - Not for CDI Discovery
URL:
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