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Heart rate variability in the course of chemotherapy and haematopoietic stem cell transplantation for peadiatric patients with haematological malignancies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 May 2020

Honami Kobayashi Open the ORCID record for Honami Kobayashi [Opens in a new window] ,
Noriko Motoki ,
Saori Yokota ,
Ayako Kanai ,
Shoko Yamazaki Open the ORCID record for Shoko Yamazaki [Opens in a new window] ,
Masafumi Utsumi  and
Yozo Nakazawa
Honami Kobayashi
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Asahi 3-1-1, Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan
Noriko Motoki*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Asahi 3-1-1, Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan
Saori Yokota
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Asahi 3-1-1, Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan
Ayako Kanai
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Asahi 3-1-1, Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan
Shoko Yamazaki
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Asahi 3-1-1, Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan
Masafumi Utsumi
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Asahi 3-1-1, Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan
Yozo Nakazawa
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Asahi 3-1-1, Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan
*
Author for correspondence: Noriko Motoki, Department of Pediatrics, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Asahi 3-1-1, Matsumoto390-8621, Japan. Tel: +81-(0)263-37-2642; Fax: +81-(0)263-37-3089. E-mail: nmotoki@shinshu-u.ac.jp
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Abstract

Background:

High-dose chemotherapy and haematopoietic stem cell transplantation are essential for patients with paediatric haematologic diseases, although cardiotoxicity remains a concern. Heart rate variability analysis can evaluate autonomic nervous function interactions with cardiac function.

Objective:

This study aimed to characterise heart rate variability differences between patients undergoing chemotherapy and controls, and the effects of haematopoietic stem cell transplantation on the autonomic nervous system in patients with haematological malignancies.

Methods:

Nineteen patients (11 male, median age: 11.6 years) who received conventional chemotherapy followed by transplantation and 19 non-transplant patients (10 male, median age: 11.5 years) receiving chemotherapy only between 2006 and 2018 for haematological malignancies were retrospectively enrolled. Data from 24-hour Holter monitoring were recorded after chemotherapy and before and after transplantation. Heart rate variability was analysed in patients and 32 matched normal controls.

Results:

There were significant differences between patients and normal controls in all heart rate variability analysis parameters apart from coefficient of variation of RR interval and standard deviation of the average normal RR interval for all 5-minute segments during sleeping. There was a significant difference in the cumulative anthracycline dose and heart rate variability during sleep between the non-transplant and pre-transplant groups. We observed no remarkable differences in time-domain analysis parameters between before and after transplantation, although the low-frequency component of power-spectrum analysis during awake hours was significantly decreased after transplantation.

Conclusion:

Conventional chemotherapy for paediatric haematologic diseases may be a risk factor for autonomic dysfunction. Further declines in heart rate variability after transplantation appear minor.

Keywords

Heart rate variabilityautonomic nervous systemleukemialymphomahaematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Type
Original Article
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 30 , Issue 7 , July 2020 , pp. 967 - 974
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© The Author(s), 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press

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Footnotes

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Honami Kobayashi and Noriko Motoki contributed equally to this work.

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