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The sensitivity of 38 heart rate variability measures to the addition of artifact in human and artificial 24-hr cardiac recordings.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Artifact is common in cardiac RR interval data derived from 24-hr recordings and has a significant impact on heart rate variability (HRV) measures. However, the relative impact of progressively added artifact on a large group of commonly used HRV measures has not been assessed. This study compared the relative sensitivity of 38 commonly used HRV measures to artifact to determine which measures show the most change with increasing increments of artifact. A secondary aim was to ascertain whether short-term and long-term HRV measures, as groups, share similarities in their sensitivity to artifact. METHODS:Up to 10% of artifact was added to 20 artificial RR (ARR) files and 20 human cardiac recordings, which had been assessed for artifact by a cardiac technician. The added artifact simulated deletion of RR intervals and insertion of individual short RR intervals. Thirty-eight HRV measures were calculated for each file. Regression analysis was used to rank the HRV measures according to their sensitivity to artifact as determined by the magnitude of slope. RESULTS:RMSSD, SDANN, SDNN, RR triangular index and TINN, normalized power and relative power linear measures, and most nonlinear methods examined are most robust to artifact. CONCLUSION:Short-term time domain HRV measures are more sensitive to added artifact than long-term measures. Absolute power frequency domain measures across all frequency bands are more sensitive than normalized and relative frequency domain measures. Most nonlinear HRV measures assessed were relatively robust to added artifact, with Poincare plot SD1 being most sensitive.

SUBMITTER: Stapelberg NJC

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7313264 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The sensitivity of 38 heart rate variability measures to the addition of artifact in human and artificial 24-hr cardiac recordings.

Stapelberg Nicolas J C NJC Neumann David L DL Shum David H K DHK McConnell Harry H Hamilton-Craig Ian I

Annals of noninvasive electrocardiology : the official journal of the International Society for Holter and Noninvasive Electrocardiology, Inc 20170702 1

<h4>Background</h4>Artifact is common in cardiac RR interval data derived from 24-hr recordings and has a significant impact on heart rate variability (HRV) measures. However, the relative impact of progressively added artifact on a large group of commonly used HRV measures has not been assessed. This study compared the relative sensitivity of 38 commonly used HRV measures to artifact to determine which measures show the most change with increasing increments of artifact. A secondary aim was to ...[more]

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The sensitivity of 38 heart rate variability measures to the addition of artifact in human and artificial 24-hr cardiac recordings.

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The sensitivity of 38 heart rate variability measures to the addition of artifact in human and artificial 24-hr cardiac recordings.

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