Rebuttal from Marek Malik, Katerina Hnatkova, Heikki V. Huikuri, Federico Lombardi, Georg Schmidt and Markus Zabel

Affiliations

¹ National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, UK.
² Research Unit of Internal Medicine, University of Oulu and University Hospital, Oulu, Finland.
³ Cardiologia, IRCCS Policlinico, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
⁴ Klinik für Innere Medizin I, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany.
⁵ Department of Cardiology and Pneumology, Heart Center - University of Göttingen Medical Center, Göttingen, Germany.

Comment

Marek Malik et al. J Physiol. 2019 May.

. 2019 May;597(10):2603-2604.

doi: 10.1113/JP277962. Epub 2019 Apr 21.

¹ National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, UK.
² Research Unit of Internal Medicine, University of Oulu and University Hospital, Oulu, Finland.
³ Cardiologia, IRCCS Policlinico, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
⁴ Klinik für Innere Medizin I, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany.
⁵ Department of Cardiology and Pneumology, Heart Center - University of Göttingen Medical Center, Göttingen, Germany.

No abstract available

Keywords: Autonomic reactions; Autonomic tone; Heart rate variability; Power spectral analysis.

Comment on

CrossTalk opposing view: Heart rate variability as a measure of cardiac autonomic responsiveness is fundamentally flawed.
Boyett M, Wang Y, D'Souza A. Boyett M, et al. J Physiol. 2019 May;597(10):2599-2601. doi: 10.1113/JP277501. Epub 2019 Apr 21. J Physiol. 2019. PMID: 31006856 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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