Heart rate variability measurements and the prediction of ventricular arrhythmias
Open Access
- 25 January 2005
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in QJM: An International Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 98 (2), 87-95
- https://doi.org/10.1093/qjmed/hci018
Abstract
Heart rate variability (HRV) is the temporal variation between sequences of consecutive heartbeats. On a standard electrocardiogram (ECG), the maximum upwards deflection of a normal QRS complex is at the peak of the R wave (Figure 1), and the duration between two adjacent R wave peaks is termed the R-R interval. The ECG signal requires editing before HRV analysis can be performed, a process requiring the removal of all non-sinus-node-originating beats. The resulting period between adjacent QRS complexes resulting from sinus node depolarizations is termed the N-N (normal-normal) interval.1 HRV is the measurement of the variability of the N-N intervals.Keywords
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