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Evaluation of Cardiovascular Autonomic Nervous System in Essential Tremor and Tremor Dominant Parkinson's Disease.
Brain Sciences 2024 March 27
(1) Background: The differential diagnosis of essential tremor (ET) and tremor-dominant Parkinson's disease (TDPD) can be challenging. Only a few studies have investigated the autonomic nervous system (ANS) in ET. However, some of these suggested that heart rate variability (HRV) might be useful in the differential diagnosis. (2) Methods: Demographic and clinical data, including medications and comorbidities, were collected from 15 TDPD patients, 19 ET patients, and 20 healthy controls. Assessment with the SCOPA-AUT questionnaire, 5 min HRV analysis in time and frequency domains, and evaluation of orthostatic hypotension (OH) with tilt test were performed. (3) Results: There were no significant differences between all groups on the SCOPA-AUT questionnaire. PD patients had OH more frequently and a larger drop in systolic blood pressure (SBP) during the tilt test than ET patients and controls. HRV was affected in PD, but not in ET and controls. Power in the low frequency band, the standard deviation of all normal RR intervals and SBP drop were potentially useful in differential diagnosis with AUCs of 0.83, 0.78, and 0.83, respectively. (4) Conclusions: Cardiovascular ANS dysfunction was present in TDPD, but not in ET and controls. HRV analysis and assessment of SBP drop may be potentially useful in the differential diagnosis of ET and TDPD.
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