Nighttime instabilities of neurophysiological, cardiovascular, and respiratory activity: integrative modeling and preliminary results
Shusterman V, Troy WC, Abdelmessih M, Hoffman S, Nemec J, Strollo PJ, London B, Lampert R. Nighttime instabilities of neurophysiological, cardiovascular, and respiratory activity: integrative modeling and preliminary results. Journal Of Electrocardiology 2015, 48: 1010-1016. PMID: 26341647, PMCID: PMC4624504, DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2015.08.017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSympathetic nervous system activityHeart rhythmSleep-disordered breathingStructural heart diseaseVentricular premature beatsNervous system activityHeart rate accelerationShorter cycle lengthsT-wave alternansCAP sleepHypertensive crisisBaroreflex sensitivityBlood pressureHeart diseasePremature beatsQT intervalSusceptible personsConduction blockRespiratory functionRetrograde conductionCardiac arrhythmiasUnstable sleepSleepHeterogeneous repolarizationLonger APD