Friday, December 17, 2004

Heart Rate Variability and Emotional Shifting: Powerful Tools for Reducing Cardiovascular Risk

Heart Rate Variability, the beat-to-beat change in heart rate, is an accurate indicator of autonomic nervous system activity that can provide important insights into a patient’s risk of cardiovascular disease. More importantly, it can play a central role in teaching patients how to reduce their own risk by showing them how their emotional states affect their heart health. In essence, HRV provides a picture of the interplay between the sympathetic and parasympathetic branches. As such, it reflects the ways in which emotional states affect core physiology including, but not limited to, cardiac function.

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Posted by Tom Beckman on 12/17 at 01:29 AM
Cardiovascular Health • Emotions • Heart Rate Variability • HeartMath • Stress • (0) Comments • Permalink
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