Psychoneuroimmunological aspects of cardiovascular diseases: a preliminary report

Dagmara Bartczak; Łukasz Szymański; Paweł Bodera; Wanda Stankiewicz

doi:10.5114/ceji.2016.60996

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Central European Journal of Immunology

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Case report

Psychoneuroimmunological aspects of cardiovascular diseases: a preliminary report

Dagmara Bartczak

,

Łukasz Szymański

,

Paweł Bodera

,

Wanda Stankiewicz

(Cent Eur J Immunol 2016; 41 (2): 209-216)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/ceji.2016.60996

Online publish date: 2016/07/15

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Aim of the study: Due to their prevalence and negative social effects, cardiovascular diseases belong to a group of civilization diseases. Previous research suggests comorbidity of heart diseases, mood disorders and impaired cognitive functioning. The aim of this study was to evaluate the psychoneuroimmunological aspects of functioning in patients diagnosed with cardiovascular diseases.

Material and methods: Ten persons, mean age 48.2 years old, diagnosed with primary hypertension, were studied. All of them were treated with beta blockers and ACE inhibitors with unsuccessful therapeutic effect. This group also included 4 subjects with heart rate disturbances. The control group included 10 clinically healthy volunteers in mean age 46.8. All participants had 24-hour ECG monitoring with Holter method in order to evaluate the autonomic activity with time and frequency domain analysis (heart rate variability). Patients also underwent neuropsychological assessment of quality of life and personality traits (EQ-5D, NEO-PI-R, PSS10, SWLS, MHLC). Quantitative evaluation of immune system parameters included: TCD3, TCD4, CD8, CD16/CD56, CD19, HLA-DR+.

Results: The cardiovascular disease group showed significantly lower time and frequency domain parameters (p < 0.05) except low/high frequency (LF/HF) power ratio. The heart rhythm disorder group demonstrated significant relationships such as: Quality of life with Total Power of HRV and day-time LF/HF ratio, pNN50 and rMSSD – negative correlation.

Conclusions: 1. In cardiovascular disease patients, activity of the autonomic nervous system is significantly reduced. 2. Impaired modulation of the autonomic nervous system activity affects mood and decreases quality of life. 3. In patients with heart rhythm disturbances, increased sympathetic nervous system activity affects prolonged tension and the immune response.

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Psychoneuroimmunological aspects of cardiovascular diseases: a preliminary report

Dagmara Bartczak , Łukasz Szymański , Paweł Bodera , Wanda Stankiewicz

cardiovascular diseases, HRV, psychoneuroimmunology

Dagmara Bartczak

,

Łukasz Szymański

,

Paweł Bodera

,

Wanda Stankiewicz