Effects of bilateral lung transplantation on cardiac autonomic modulation and cardiorespiratory coupling: a prospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although cardiac autonomic modulation has been studied in several respiratory diseases, the evidence is limited on lung transplantation, particularly on its acute and chronic effects. Thus, we aimed to evaluate cardiac autonomic modulation before and after bilateral lung transplantation (BLT) through a prospective study on patients enrolled while awaiting transplant.

Methods

Twenty-two patients on the waiting list for lung transplantation (11 women, age 33 [24-51] years) were enrolled in a prospective study at Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico Hospital in Milan, Italy. To evaluate cardiac autonomic modulation, ten minutes ECG and respiration were recorded at different time points before (T0) and 15 days (T1) and 6 months (T2) after bilateral lung transplantation. As t

SUBMITTER: Tobaldini E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8140499 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature