A pilot study investigating the relationship between heart rate variability and blood pressure in young adults at risk for cardiovascular disease.
Linda P BolinAmelia D SaulLauren L Bethune ScroggsCarolyn E HornePublished in: Clinical hypertension (2022)
The findings from this pilot study demonstrated that a two-week paced breathing intervention may assist in reducing heart rate and diastolic blood pressure while improving heart rate variability.
Keyphrases
- heart rate variability
- heart rate
- blood pressure
- young adults
- cardiovascular disease
- hypertensive patients
- randomized controlled trial
- type diabetes
- blood glucose
- cardiovascular risk factors
- clinical trial
- heart failure
- adipose tissue
- cardiovascular events
- weight loss
- skeletal muscle
- ejection fraction
- insulin resistance