Abstract

SUBCLINICAL ATHEROSCLEROSIS: ASSOCIATION WITH SIMPATO-VAGAL BALANCE AND TOTAL AUTONOMOUS REGULATION CAPACITY

Author(s): Diego Sebasti�¡n Mendo

Introduction and objectives: Alterations of the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system wereproposed as precursors of the genesis and perpetuation of atherosclerosis since a long time. Our objectivewas to determine if there is an association between the presence of carotid atherosclerosis and thereduction of heart rate variability.