Objective: Evaluation of the gender difference in the activity of the autonomic nervous systems of healthy and hypertensive patients in Russia. Materials and Methods:The methods of heart rate variability (HRV) and gas discharge visualization (GDV or electrophotonic Imaging/EPI) were used to assess subjects. Analysis of data from 138 patients with different stages of arterial hypertension, aged 20 to 70 years, and 37 healthy ones was carried out. Results:The differences in the activity of the autonomic nervous system in men and women, both healthy subjects and those suffering from arterial hypertension were detected. The offset of autonomic balance toward the predominance of the sympathetic nervous system was observed in most healthy men and women suffering from arterial hypertension, regardless of their age. Conclusion:The difference in parameters was not due to hyperactivity of the sympathetic center, but due to a lower parasympathetic activity. For the majority of hypertensive and healthy women, the autonomic balance shifted toward predominance of the parasympathetic nervous system.
Abbreviations: HRV, heart rate variability; GDV, gas discharge visualization; EPI, electrophotonic imaging; ANS, autonomic nervous system; AH, arterial hypertension AbstractObjective: To study the difference between patients with arterial hypertension and healthy people on the activity of brain functions and autonomic nervous system. Materials and methods: 138 patients (32 healthy and 106 patients with arterial hypertension) aged 20 to 70 years were examined using the methods of Electrophotonic imaging (EPI or gas discharge visualization GDV) and heart rate variability (HRV). Results:The analysis of the data revealed statistically significantly different EPI/GDV parameters in patients with arterial hypertension and healthy subjects. The values of the medians of parameters indicated the activity of the right hemisphere of the brain in patients with hypertension, most pronounced in individuals with the II degree of the disease. The comparison also revealed statistically significant difference in the index of stress of regulatory systems, while in patients with arterial hypertension it was much higher than normal. Conclusion:The possibility of identifying patients with high functional activity of the right hemisphere of the brain using the method of EPI/GDV can serve as one of prognostic factors of the arterial hypertension. Such diagnostic capability of the method can be particularly useful, for example, in case of timely detection of latent forms of hypertension.Citation: Korobka IE, Yakovleva EG, Korotkov KG, et al. Electrophotonic imaging technology in the diagnosis of autonomic nervous system in patients with arterial hypertension.
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