Comment on: Koivikko et al. Autonomic Cardiac Regulation During Spontaneous Nocturnal Hypoglycemia in Patients With Type 1 Diabetes. Diabetes Care 2012;35:1585–1590 | Zendy

Dario Pitocco | Zendy; Francesco Zaccardi | Zendy; Fabio Infusino | Zendy; Roberto Nerla | Zendy; Giovanni Ghirlanda | Zendy; Gaetano Antonio Lanza | Zendy

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Comment on: Koivikko et al. Autonomic Cardiac Regulation During Spontaneous Nocturnal Hypoglycemia in Patients With Type 1 Diabetes. Diabetes Care 2012;35:1585–1590

Author(s) -

Dario Pitocco,

Francesco Zaccardi,

Fabio Infusino,

Roberto Nerla,

Giovanni Ghirlanda,

Gaetano Antonio Lanza

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

diabetes care

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 6.636

H-Index - 363

eISSN - 1935-5548

pISSN - 0149-5992

DOI - 10.2337/dc12-1127

Subject(s) - medicine , diabetes mellitus , hypoglycemia , type 2 diabetes , nocturnal , cardiology , endocrinology

We read with great interest the article published in Diabetes Care by Koivikko et al. (1) showing that in patients with type 1 diabetes, spontaneous episodes of hypoglycemia are associated with reduced values of heart rate variability (HRV) parameters, indicating sympatho-vagal imbalance toward sympathetic predominance.The data by Koivikko et al. confirm in type 1 diabetic patients what we already demonstrated—for the first time—in type 2 diabetic patients (2). In our study we performed simultaneous …

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