O'Driscoll, Jamie (2009) Differences in autonomic function between high and low cardiovascular disease risk patients. Doctoral thesis, Thames Valley University.

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Abstract

Autonomic function is altered in many cardiovascular disease states and altered function is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Early research assessed the autonomic nervous system using invasive methodology. The sample sizes were small and the technique was impractical for routine clinical work. Advances in technology have facilitated the ability to non-invasively quantify autonomic function using heart rate variability (HRV) methodology. However these techniques have poor reproducibility and consequently, non-invasive assessment of autonomic function is rarely applied or utilised in a clinical setting.
The aim of this thesis was to identify differences in autonomic function, measured non-invasively by HRV, in a large cohort of patients with well-defined CVD risk at rest and during pharmacological stress with dobutamine.

Item Type:	Thesis (Doctoral)
Identifier:	10.36828/xvqy1546
Subjects:	Medicine and health
Depositing User:	Marc Forster
Date Deposited:	24 Apr 2024 07:00
Last Modified:	25 Apr 2024 07:03
URI:	https://repository.uwl.ac.uk/id/eprint/11546

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