Heart Rate Variability Measure in Breast Cancer Patients and Survivors: A Systematic Review

• Published in: Psychoneuroendocrinology Vol. 68; pp. 57 - 68
• Main Authors: Arab, Claudia, Dias, Daniel Penteado Martins, de Almeida Barbosa, Renata Thaís, de Carvalho, Tatiana Dias, Valenti, Vitor Engrácia, Crocetta, Tânia Brusque, Ferreira, Marcelo, de Abreu, Luiz Carlos, Ferreira, Celso
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01-06-2016
• Subjects: Adult; Autonomic nervous system; Autonomic Nervous System - physiopathology; Breast neoplasm; Breast Neoplasms - physiopathology; Cardiac electrophysiology; Cardiovascular physiology; Endocrinology & Metabolism; Female; Heart Rate - physiology; Humans; Parasympathetic nervous system; Parasympathetic Nervous System - physiopathology; Psychiatry; Survivors; Sympathetic nervous system; cardiac electrophysiology; breast neoplasm; cardiovascular physiology; autonomic nervous system; parasympathetic nervous system; sympathetic nervous system; Sympathetic nervous system; Autonomic nervous system; Parasympathetic nervous system; Cardiac electrophysiology; Cardiovascular physiology; Breast neoplasm
• ISSN: 0306-4530; 1873-3360
• DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2016.02.018

Highlights • HRV is commonly lower post breast cancer surgery and treatment. • HRV can be an index for evaluating autonomic changes in breast cancer patients. • HRV is associated to age, body mass index, fatigue, and depression and cancer stage. • HRV of breast cancer patients can increase by non-pharmacological interventions. • Identification of risk patients to cardiovascular events due autonomic impairments.