Open AccessAlteration of Heart Rate Variability in Patients of Depression
Author(s) -
Deepti Jangpangi,
Sunita Mondal,
Rajiv Bandhu,
Dinesh Kataria,
Asha Gandhi
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2016/22882.9063
Subject(s) - heart rate variability , depression (economics) , medicine , cardiology , autonomic nervous system , heart rate , blood pressure , economics , macroeconomics
Altered cardiac autonomic functions in form of reduced Heart Rate Variability (HRV) have been found to be associated with increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in depressive patients.