Position-dependent changes in vagal modulation after coronary artery bypass grafting

Authors:
Jurij-Matija Kalisnik;Viktor Avbelj;Roman Trobec;Borut Gersak
Affiliations:
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Medical Center, Zaloska 7, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia;Department of Communications and Computer Networks, Jozef Stefan Institute, Jamova, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia;Department of Communications and Computer Networks, Jozef Stefan Institute, Jamova, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia;Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Medical Center, Zaloska 7, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Venue:
Computers in Biology and Medicine
Year:
2007

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Abstract

Reduced cardiac vagal modulation increases propensity to arrhythmias. Right decubitus position is a vagal enhancer in coronary and congestive heart disease. We evaluated vagal modulation before and after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) in 30 patients. Heart rate variability (HRV) indexes in frequency domain were calculated from 10-min digital electrocardiograms. Kolmogorov-Smirnov and paired t-tests were applied, p