HRV測試顯示HIV感染但尚未治療的病人其LF%及LF/HF偏低,臉部觸冷測試時HF%及LF/HF偏低,床鋪傾斜測試時LF%及LF/HF增加較多,而HIV感染且已有效治療的病人則與正常人類似

Power spectral analysis of heart rate variability in HIV-infected and AIDS patients.

Pacing Clin Electrophysiol.  2006; 29(1):53-8 (ISSN: 0147-8389)

Correia D; Rodrigues De Resende LA; Molina RJ; Ferreira BD; Colombari F; Barbosa CJ; Da Silva VJ; Prata A
Infectious Diseases Division, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine of the Triangulo Mineiro, Uberaba, MG, Brazil. dalmo@mednet.com.br

BACKGROUND: In HIV-infected patients the risks for cardiovascular disease are multifactorial. Autonomic dysfunction has been detected in the early phase of HIV infection as well as in AIDS patients with advanced cardiomyopathy. METHODS: Forty AIDS patients receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), 40 HIV+ naïve of HAART, and 40 control subjects were studied. Computerized analysis of heart rate variability was performed using an analog to digital converter. R-R intervals were obtained from a standard ECG, recorded in DII lead in supine rest and after the cold-face and tilt tests. The series of R-R intervals were assessed in time and frequency domains using an autoregressive algorithm. RESULTS: There was no difference regarding to mean values of R-R intervals and variance in baseline. The normalized power of the low-frequency (LF) component and the low-frequency/high-frequency (HF) ratio (LF/HF) was significantly decreased in the HIV group. Responses of normalized HF and LF/HF ratio during the cold-face test were significantly decreased in the HIV group, as compared to the control. During the tilt test, a higher augmentation of normalized LF and the LF/HF ratio was observed in the HIV group compared with the control. The AIDS group was similar to the control in baseline and after cold-face and tilt tests. CONCLUSION: The HIV group presented in baseline conditions, a shift of cardiac sympathovagal balance, an exacerbated response of the LF component during the tilt test, and an ineffective cardiac vagal response to the cold-face test suggesting sympathetic and parasympathetic dysfunction. AIDS patients receiving HAART did not present these autonomic alterations.