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Filter by:Sixty-one sedentary older hypertensive individuals were randomized to four groups: continuous aerobic training (CA), interval aerobic training (IA), resistance training (R), and control (C) group. The protocol included 3 sessions of training by week for 12 weeks. C individuals were instructed to continue their usual activities. They were submitted to the passive tilt test before and after the research protocol, evaluating the heart rate (HR), low frequency (LF) and high frequency (HF) bands, detrended fluctuation analysis (DFAα1) and entropy
This study is being done to evaluate heart rate activity and sleep patterns, among participants in the Long-Term Follow-Up (LTFU) study. Primary Objective Using mobile health (mHealth) technologies in a large and well-characterized cohort of childhood cancer survivors, our primary objective is to understand the magnitude of increased risk of cardiac autonomic dysfunction by (a) comparing prevalence rates among survivors and siblings, and (b) determining the prevalence within specific subgroups of childhood cancer survivors defined by race, sex, cancer type and treatment exposures, and type and severity of chronic health conditions. Secondary Objectives Among long-term (≥5 years) survivors of childhood cancer (a) identify demographic, disease, treatment and cognitive-behavioral factors associated with an increased risk of cardiac autonomic dysfunction, (b) develop and validate risk prediction models for future clinical use in identifying individuals who may benefit from targeted interventions, and (c) investigate associations between dysfunction and perceived well-being.
Aims - heart rate variability (HRV) assessment in patients with acute myocardial infarction who undergo primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI); - measurement of HRV using a device approved for medical use in Europe; - assessment of the correlation between HRV and short- and long-term adverse cardiovascular events (composite of all-cause mortality and major adverse cardiovascular events - MACE; ventricular arrhythmias; hospital admissions for heart failure; left ventricular systolic and diastolic disfunction; MACE in special subgroups of patients - elderly, diabetes mellitus, chronic kidney disease) in patients treated by primary PCI for acute myocardial infarction; - creating a registry of HRV parameters measured in a contemporary cohort of patients with acute myocardial infarction.
Transthyretin amyloidosis exhibits a variety of possible phenotypes, the hereditary neurological form being the most commonly found and studied (familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy or FAP), which can present from oligosymptomatic patients to patients with peripheral sensorimotor polyneuropathy of varying degrees and dysautonomia. Although a specific mutation usually causes a specific phenotype, that is, with a predominantly cardiac or preferential neurological profile, with the increase in the number of diagnosed cases, an overlapping of clinical presentations has been observed. The assessment of the autonomic profile in individuals with familial amyloidotic cardiomyopathy (FAC) has not been well studied, and it is not known whether patients with an exclusively cardiac profile of the disease may present dysautonomia or whether even mutation carriers without cardiac involvement may exhibit it. In this study, the autonomic profiles of patients with familial amyloidotic heart disease will be compared with the profiles of patients who have mutations but without established heart disease and healthy individuals (control group).
Background: Most people who are referred to the EMG (Electromyography) Section of the NIH are enrolled into specific active studies. This allows researchers to learn about a range of rare neuromuscular disorders. But study criteria may not give researchers the chance to evaluate a single person or study a common symptom. Therefore, researchers want to assess people with neuromuscular disorders who are not currently enrolled in any NIH studies. They will perform tests on these individuals in the EMG Lab. Then they will create a repository of data that may be used for future research. This will help them learn more about these disorders. Objective: To retain data that is collected as part of participant visits to the NIH. Eligibility: People aged 18 and older who will be visiting the NIH for evaluation of their neuromuscular disorder. Design: Participants will be screened with a medical record review. Participants will have a physical exam. They will be evaluated for their neuromuscular disorder. They may have tests to learn more about how their nerves and muscles work that are called nerve conduction and EMG studies. Their muscles and nerves may be assessed with an ultrasound. Their ability to sweat may be measured. Their heart rate and blood pressure may be taken. Changes to their breathing or changes in their body position may be measured. Participant data will be given a unique numerical identifier that can be used if the data is shared. Data will be stored on a server and in a database. Participants will have 1-2 visits. Each visit will last less than 4 hours. They may be contacted for a follow-up visit.
The primary purpose of this pilot study is to specifically examine the effect of parental reading on the ANS of mother and neonate in the hospital setting. The investigators will examine the effect of live maternal-infant reading on typically developing infants to better understand the physiological benefits of live reading on newborns.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether Northera (Droxidopa) is safe and effective in young adults with Menkes disease who survived the most severe complications of their illness or adults with occipital horn syndrome (OHS), who have trouble with intermittent low blood pressure and other symptoms of dysautonomia. The outcomes and information from this study may help adult survivors of Menkes disease and individuals with OHS lead more normal day-to-day lives.
A study population with impaired fasting glucose levels, impaired glucose tolerance levels and diabetes (with or without complications) along with healthy patients will be chosen as participants. Their vital signs and their ECG (electrocardiograph) will be recorded during their only visit. Data analysis will be performed using the vital signs parameters. The RR intervals from the ECG will be analyzed by 5 different techniques to determine the best technique that stratifies the subjects the most accurately.
Anti alfa-3 and alfa-7 ganglionic cholinergic receptors (anti-AChRs) antibodies (Abs) plasma removal by plasmapheresis (1,2) acutely improved dysautonomia symptoms in case reports with Pure Autonomic Failure (PAF) (3). We shall assess the prevalence of anti-AChRs Ab and the relationship among Ab titer, cardiovascular autonomic profile and symptoms in neurodegenerative diseases characterized by similar dysautonomia symptoms such as PAF, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) (4). Ab positive patients will undergo selective immunoabsorption once a week up to achievement of Ab titer lower than 65% of baseline followed by immunosuppressive therapy with prednisone. Both Ab positive and negative groups will undergo anti-AChR Abs, autonomic profile and dysautonomia symptoms assessment, every 4 months up to 3 years. Evidence of correlation among reduced Ab titer and autonomic profile and symptoms improvement may result in new effective therapy.
Studying the causal roles of components of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (including angiotensin-(1-7) (Ang-(1-7)), angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), Ang II, and ACE), uric acid, and klotho in pediatric hypertension and related target organ injury, including in the heart, kidneys, vasculature, and brain. Recruiting children with a new hypertension diagnosis over a 2-year period from the Hypertension and Pediatric Nephrology Clinics affiliated with Brenner Children's Hospital at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist and Atrium Health Levine Children's Hospital. Healthy control participants will be recruited from local general primary care practices. Collecting blood and urine samples to analyze components of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (Ang-(1-7), ACE2, Ang II, ACE), uric acid, and klotho, and measuring blood pressure, heart structure and function, autonomic function, vascular function, and kidney function at baseline, year 1, and year 2. Objectives are to investigate phenotypic and treatment response variability and to causally infer if Ang-(1-7), ACE2, Ang II, ACE, uric acid, and klotho contribute to target organ injury due to hypertension.