“Heart rate variability gives us a window into the body’s entire physiological functioning,” says Dr. David Liepart, an Alberta Health Services anesthesiologist and lead investigator in the study.
Heart rate variability monitors are different than heart monitors because they are able to measure heart beats down to the millisecond and can provide health professionals with the same type of information they’d receive from an electrocardiogram.
Liepart’s research is looking at how these devices can help monitor patients as they recover from surgery.
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