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The relationship between unstable angor (angina) and circadian periodicity of heart rate variability (HRV) was explored in a group of patients hospitalized in a coronary care unit (CCU). Patients were classified as normal (whose symptoms had non-cardiovascular origin, n=8),moderate angor (n=13) and severe angor (n=11). A fourth group of ambulatory healthy volunteers (n=12) was included. Individual 24 h Holter records were analyzed, mean RR and standard deviation of RR (SDNN) being obtained from 1 h-length windows. For frequency domain analysis, 5 min-length windows were employed. The spectral components analyzed were total power (spectral power between 0.01 and 0.5 Hz), low frequency power (LF: power between 0.04 and 0.15 Hz), and high frequency power (HF: power between 0.15 and 0.4 Hz). In addition, LF to HF areas ratio (L/H) was computed. Mesor, amplitude and acrophase for every 24 h rhythm were calculated by cosinor analysis.As compared to ambulatory controls, admission to the CCU diminished amplitude and phase-delayed the circadian oscillation of most HRV parameters, except for SDNN. Moderate angor patients showed decreased amplitude of RR and L/H and augmented amplitude of SDNN when compared to normal hospitalized subjects. A phase delay of about 1.5 h for RR intervals and a phase advance of 3.56 h for LFA and SDNN were found in the moderate angor group when compared to normal.Amplitude of 24 h variation of total power decreased in severely angor patients and the circadian oscillation of HF (an indicator of vagal control on the heart) became free running.A phase delay of 2.5 h in SDNN acrophase was found in severely affected patients when compared to moderate. The results indicate that severity of unstable angor correlates with desynchronization of parasympathetic control of heart rate.

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