Key result
The complexity of cardiac electrical signals predicted changes in EEG alpha waves after stress with an overall accuracy of 80.7% using change-score analysis and 86.5% using generalized additive models.
Why the study?
Does the complexity of cardiac electrical activity predict changes in EEG alpha waves after stress in patients undergoing cardiac catheterization?
Observational (n=84)
Does the complexity of cardiac electrical activity predict changes in EEG alpha waves after stress in patients undergoing cardiac catheterization?
Nonlinear dynamic analysis of heart rate variability can predict post-stress changes in brain electrical activity (EEG alpha waves) in patients undergoing cardiac catheterization.
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Cardiac complexity may forecast post-stress EEG shifts in cath patients; leaves open clinical utility pending validation.
The hierarchical interaction between electrical signals of the brain and heart is not fully understood. We hypothesized that the complexity of cardiac electrical activity can be used to predict changes in encephalic electricity after stress. Most methods for analyzing the interaction between the heart rate variability (HRV) and electroencephalography (EEG) require a computation-intensive mathematical model. To overcome these limitations and increase the predictive accuracy of human relaxing states, we developed a method to test our hypothesis. In addition to routine linear analysis, multiscale entropy and detrended fluctuation analysis of the HRV were used to quantify nonstationary and nonlinear dynamic changes in the heart rate time series. Short-time Fourier transform was applied to quantify the power of EEG. The clinical, HRV, and EEG parameters of postcatheterization EEG alpha waves were analyzed using change-score analysis and generalized additive models. In conclusion, the complexity of cardiac electrical signals can be used to predict EEG changes after stress.
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Chiu et al. (2015) conducted an observational in Angina and positive stress tests undergoing cardiac catheterization (n=84). Complexity of cardiac electrical signals (HRV metrics) was evaluated on Prediction accuracy of changes in EEG alpha waves after stress. The complexity of cardiac electrical signals predicted changes in EEG alpha waves after stress with an overall accuracy of 80.7% using change-score analysis and 86.5% using generalized additive models.
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