Heart Rate Variability for the Early Detection of Cardiac Autonomic Dysfunction in Type 1 Diabetes.

ABSTRACT: Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) has an important impact on morbidity and mortality because it may start early in life. Therefore, the early detection of cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy (DCAN) in T1DM patients is important to intervene quickly and prevent further deterioration. Traditional autonomic function tests detect abnormalities in severely symptomatic patients but they are difficult to be standardized, require the patient's active participation and their sensitivity to the early disease is limited. In comparison, heart rate variability (HRV) is easier to be measured and standardized. Therefore, we aim to find the HRV indexes that better identify DCAN at an early stage in T1DM patients, and evaluate if HRV is a valid alternative to traditional tests. For this aim, we administered

SUBMITTER: Castiglioni P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9281578 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature