- Raelene E. Maser, PHD1,
- Braxton D. Mitchell, PHD2,
- Aaron I. Vinik, MD, PHD3 and
- Roy Freeman, MD4
"Sympathectomy is a technique about which we have limited knowledge, applied to disorders about which we have little understanding." Associate Professor Robert Boas, Faculty of Pain Medicine of the Australasian College of Anaesthetists and the Royal College of Anaesthetists, The Journal of Pain, Vol 1, No 4 (Winter), 2000: pp 258-260
Sunday, August 9, 2009
Reduced Heart Rate Variability associated with incresed mortality
These results support an association between CAN (cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy) and increased risk of mortality. The stronger association observed in studies defining CAN by the presence of two or more abnormalities may be due to more severe autonomic dysfunction in these subjects or a higher frequency of other comorbid complications that contributed to their higher mortality risk. Future studies should evaluate whether early identification of subjects with CAN can lead to a reduction in mortality.