Author(s)

Elio Conte^1,2*, Ken Ware³, Riccardo Marvulli^1,4, Giancarlo Ianieri^1,4, Marisa Megna^1,4, Sergio Conte¹, Leonardo Mendolicchio¹, Enrico Pierangeli¹

¹School of Advanced International Studies on Applied Theoretical and Non Linear Methodologies of Physics, Bari, Italy.
²Department of Basic Sciences, Neuroscience and Sense Organs, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy.
³The International Neuro Physics Functional Performance Institute, Energy Circuit, Robina, Australia.
⁴Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy.

This paper discusses a case of muscular dystrophy on which it has been performed HRV analysis. The results that we obtain evidence that the subject delineates a net ANS dysfunction. All the basic parameters relating standard time and frequency domain of HRV analysis result profoundly altered. Examination by Poicaré plot evidences in particular that the subject has an atrial fibrillation. Non linear indexes ApEn and Samp En evidence the very high condition of risk of the subject. The merging indication is for the cardiologist and scholars in cardiovascular disease to perform always ANS investigation in subjects in case of muscular dystrophy. After the NPT treatment, the subject obtains a net improvement.

ANS Dysfunction in Muscular Dystrophy, HRV Analysis, Atrial Fibrillation

Conte, E. , Ware, K. , Marvulli, R. , Ianieri, G. , Megna, M. , Conte, S. , Mendolicchio, L. and Pierangeli, E. (2015) Heart Rate Variability: On the Importance to Perform HRV Analysis in Subjects Affected from Muscular Dystrophy. World Journal of Cardiovascular Diseases, 5, 141-149. doi: 10.4236/wjcd.2015.56017.