Heart Rate Variability in Insulo-Opercular Epilepsy

Background: We aimed to evaluate heart rate variability (HRV) changes in insulo-opercular epilepsy (IOE) and after insulo-opercular surgery. Methods: We analyzed 5-min resting HRV of IOE patients before and after surgery. Patients’ SUDEP-7 risk inventory scores were also calculated. Results were com...

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Autores principales: Thi Phuoc Yen Tran, Philippe Pouliot, Elie Bou Assi, Pierre Rainville, Kenneth A. Myers, Manon Robert, Alain Bouthillier, Mark R. Keezer, Dang Khoa Nguyen
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:4fdc4f2e143d40c8bd42ff77b115af3c2021-11-25T16:58:38ZHeart Rate Variability in Insulo-Opercular Epilepsy10.3390/brainsci111115052076-3425https://doaj.org/article/4fdc4f2e143d40c8bd42ff77b115af3c2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/11/11/1505https://doaj.org/toc/2076-3425Background: We aimed to evaluate heart rate variability (HRV) changes in insulo-opercular epilepsy (IOE) and after insulo-opercular surgery. Methods: We analyzed 5-min resting HRV of IOE patients before and after surgery. Patients’ SUDEP-7 risk inventory scores were also calculated. Results were compared with age- and sex-matched patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) and healthy individuals. Results: There were no differences in HRV measurements between IOE, TLE, and healthy control groups (and within each IOE group and TLE group) in preoperative and postoperative periods. In IOE patients, the SUDEP-7 score was positively correlated with pNN50 (percentage of successive RR intervals that differ by more than 50 ms) (<i>p</i> = 0.008) and RMSSD (root mean square of successive RR interval differences) (<i>p</i> = 0.019). We stratified IOE patients into those whose preoperative RMSSD values were below (Group 1a = 7) versus above (Group 1b = 9) a cut-off threshold of 31 ms (median value of a healthy population from a previous study). In group 1a, all HRV values significantly increased after surgery. In group 1b, time-domain parameters significantly decreased postoperatively. Conclusions: Our results suggest that in IOE, HRV may be either decreased in parasympathetic tone or increased globally in both sympathetic and parasympathetic tones. We found no evidence that insulo-opercular surgeries lead to major autonomic dysfunction when a good seizure outcome is reached. The increase in parasympathetic tone observed preoperatively may be of clinical concern, as it was positively correlated with the SUDEP-7 score.Thi Phuoc Yen TranPhilippe PouliotElie Bou AssiPierre RainvilleKenneth A. MyersManon RobertAlain BouthillierMark R. KeezerDang Khoa NguyenMDPI AGarticleheart rate variabilityinsulo-opercular epilepsycardiac autonomic dysfunctionNeurosciences. Biological psychiatry. NeuropsychiatryRC321-571ENBrain Sciences, Vol 11, Iss 1505, p 1505 (2021)
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topic heart rate variability
insulo-opercular epilepsy
cardiac autonomic dysfunction
Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
RC321-571
spellingShingle heart rate variability
insulo-opercular epilepsy
cardiac autonomic dysfunction
Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
RC321-571
Thi Phuoc Yen Tran
Philippe Pouliot
Elie Bou Assi
Pierre Rainville
Kenneth A. Myers
Manon Robert
Alain Bouthillier
Mark R. Keezer
Dang Khoa Nguyen
Heart Rate Variability in Insulo-Opercular Epilepsy
description Background: We aimed to evaluate heart rate variability (HRV) changes in insulo-opercular epilepsy (IOE) and after insulo-opercular surgery. Methods: We analyzed 5-min resting HRV of IOE patients before and after surgery. Patients’ SUDEP-7 risk inventory scores were also calculated. Results were compared with age- and sex-matched patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) and healthy individuals. Results: There were no differences in HRV measurements between IOE, TLE, and healthy control groups (and within each IOE group and TLE group) in preoperative and postoperative periods. In IOE patients, the SUDEP-7 score was positively correlated with pNN50 (percentage of successive RR intervals that differ by more than 50 ms) (<i>p</i> = 0.008) and RMSSD (root mean square of successive RR interval differences) (<i>p</i> = 0.019). We stratified IOE patients into those whose preoperative RMSSD values were below (Group 1a = 7) versus above (Group 1b = 9) a cut-off threshold of 31 ms (median value of a healthy population from a previous study). In group 1a, all HRV values significantly increased after surgery. In group 1b, time-domain parameters significantly decreased postoperatively. Conclusions: Our results suggest that in IOE, HRV may be either decreased in parasympathetic tone or increased globally in both sympathetic and parasympathetic tones. We found no evidence that insulo-opercular surgeries lead to major autonomic dysfunction when a good seizure outcome is reached. The increase in parasympathetic tone observed preoperatively may be of clinical concern, as it was positively correlated with the SUDEP-7 score.
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author Thi Phuoc Yen Tran
Philippe Pouliot
Elie Bou Assi
Pierre Rainville
Kenneth A. Myers
Manon Robert
Alain Bouthillier
Mark R. Keezer
Dang Khoa Nguyen
author_facet Thi Phuoc Yen Tran
Philippe Pouliot
Elie Bou Assi
Pierre Rainville
Kenneth A. Myers
Manon Robert
Alain Bouthillier
Mark R. Keezer
Dang Khoa Nguyen
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title Heart Rate Variability in Insulo-Opercular Epilepsy
title_short Heart Rate Variability in Insulo-Opercular Epilepsy
title_full Heart Rate Variability in Insulo-Opercular Epilepsy
title_fullStr Heart Rate Variability in Insulo-Opercular Epilepsy
title_full_unstemmed Heart Rate Variability in Insulo-Opercular Epilepsy
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publisher MDPI AG
publishDate 2021
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