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Baseline heart rate variability in children and adolescents with vasovagal syncope
Sun Hee Shim, Sun-Young Park, Se Na Moon, Jin Hee Oh, Jae Young Lee, Hyun Hee Kim, Ji Whan Han, Soon Ju Lee
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2014;57(4):193-198.   Published online April 30, 2014
Purpose

This study aimed to evaluate the autonomic imbalance in syncope by comparing the baseline heart rate variability (HRV) between healthy children and those with vasovagal syncope.

Methods

To characterize the autonomic profile in children experiencing vasovagal syncope, we evaluated the HRV of 23 patients aged 7-18 years and 20 healthy children. These children were divided into preadolescent (<12 years) and adolescent groups....

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