Heart rate variability as a potential diagnostic tool to predict compensatory hyperhidrosis after sympathectomy in patients with primary focal hyperhidrosis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Primary focal hyperhidrosis (PFH) is associated with autonomic nervous activity, and studies investigating this association in patients with PFH are very important. Heart rate variability (HRV) is a simple and noninvasive electrocardiographic test showing activity and balance in the autonomic nervous system, which consists of sympathetic and parasympathetic components. The aims of this study are to investigate associations between autonomic nervous activity and hyperhidrosis characteristics using HRV and to investigate the association between HRV findings and compensatory hyperhidrosis (CH) after sympathectomy.

Methods

From March 2017 to March 2020, 105 subjects with PFH who underwent preoperative HRV tests and sympathectomy were analyzed. All subjects underwent b

SUBMITTER: Jeong SC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7711397 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature