| Literature DB >> 3757771 |
F Weise, D Müller, D Krell, V Kielstein, R D Koch.
Abstract
Heart rate variability (HRV) was studied in 11 chronic alcoholic subjects, 1-30 days after the beginning of abstinence and again 5, 12 and 24 weeks later. Two patients could be re-examined after 19 and 22 months, respectively. In the follow-up study, the total patient group showed a statistically significant increase in HRV with prolonged abstinence of at least 6 months. No recovery of efferent vagal function was found in 4 patients. It is suggested that the vagal neuropathy may improve in chronic alcoholics, but perhaps only in patients with a short to moderately long duration of drinking history or a functional rather than an organic vagal damage.Entities:
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Year: 1986 PMID： 3757771 DOI： 10.1016/0376-8716(86)90086-4
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Drug Alcohol Depend ISSN： 0376-8716 Impact factor: 4.492