The Claim
In patients without structural heart disease, high-frequency heart rate variability remains unchanged during daytime paroxysmal atrial fibrillation episodes, while low-frequency power and the LF/HF ratio show significant changes.
What the research says
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In people without structural heart disease, the part of heart rate variability linked to parasympathetic activity does not change during daytime episodes of sudden atrial fibrillation, even though other heart rate variability measures do change.
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In patients without structural heart disease, high-frequency heart rate variability does not change significantly during daytime paroxysmal atrial fibrillation episodes, despite changes in low-frequency power and the LF/HF ratio, suggesting vagal tone remains stable during sympathetic-driven episodes.
During daytime episodes of irregular heart rhythm, the nervous system increases signals that speed up the heart, but the signals that slow it down stay the same. This causes a shift in the balance between speeding and slowing signals, even though the slowing signals do not change in strength.
What the research says
1 studyIn people with healthy hearts, when their heart suddenly beats irregularly during the day, the nerve that slows the heart doesn’t change its activity—even though the nerve that speeds it up gets more active. So the calming signal stays steady.
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