Vol 68, No 8 (2010)
Reviews
Published online: 2010-08-21
Ocena aktywności autonomicznego układu nerwowego związanej z odruchową regulacją układu sercowo-naczyniowego i oddychania
DOI: 10.33963/v.kp.79649
Kardiol Pol 2010;68(8):951-957.
Abstract
Derangements within autonomic nervous system take part in the natural history of cardiovascular disease. Current paper
presents three categories of methods measuring autonomic status: direct methods (e.g. laboratory tests measuring circulating
catecholamine levels or based on isotopes, microneurography), indirect methods applied at rest (e.g. analysis of heart rate
variability, spectral and sequence methods of arterial baroreflex sensitivity assessment) and indirect methods, associated with
the exposure to physiological stimuli (e.g. Ewing’s battery, central and peripheral chemoreceptor sensitivity assessment,
invasive methods of arterial baroreflex sensitivity assessment). This review provides an insight into the physiology of reflex
regulatory mechanisms within cardiorespiratory system, including their complex and unstable nature.
Kardiol Pol 2010; 68, 8: 951-957
Kardiol Pol 2010; 68, 8: 951-957
Keywords: reflex controlcirculatory systemrespiratory systemautonomic nervous system