Karemaker John M
Department of Medical Biology, Section Systems Physiology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Front Neurosci. 2020 Dec 21;14:609570. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2020.609570. eCollection 2020.
The heart may be a mirror of the soul, but the human mind is more than its heart rate variability (HRV). Many techniques to quantify HRV promise to give a view of what is going on in the body or even the psyche of the subject under study. This "Hypothesis" paper gives, on the one hand, a critical view on the field of HRV-analysis and, on the other hand, points out a possible direction of future applications. In view of the inherent variability of HRV and the underlying processes, as lined out here, the best use may be found in serial analysis in a subject/patient, to find changes over time that may help in early discovery of developing pathology. Not every future possibility is bright and shining, though, as demonstrated in a fictional diary excerpt from a future subject, living in a society geared toward preventive medicine. Here implanted biochips watch over the health of the population and artificial intelligence (AI) analyses the massive data flow to support the diagnostic process.
心脏或许是灵魂的镜子，但人类的心智远不止于心率变异性（HRV）。许多量化HRV的技术有望让人了解正在研究的受试者身体乃至心理状况。这篇“假说”论文一方面对HRV分析领域提出批判性观点，另一方面指出未来应用的一个可能方向。鉴于HRV的内在变异性及相关潜在过程，如本文所述，对受试者/患者进行系列分析可能是最佳用途，以发现随时间的变化，这有助于早期发现疾病的发展。然而，并非每一个未来可能性都是光明美好的，正如一篇来自未来受试者的虚构日记摘录所示，该受试者生活在一个以预防医学为导向的社会中。在这里，植入的生物芯片监测着民众的健康状况，人工智能（AI）分析大量数据流以辅助诊断过程。
