Peter Attia· MD
if heart rate were low heart rate variability were high it would interpret that as low sympathetic tone low fight-or-flight tone high parasympathetic tone
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if heart rate were low heart rate variability were high it would interpret that as low sympathetic tone low fight-or-flight tone high parasympathetic tone
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if heart rate variability became very low and heart rate and respiratory rate were high it would basically impute that to be you are exercising
if heart rate variability became very low and heart rate and respiratory rate were high it would basically impute that to be you are exercising and it would graphically represent that one way if heart rate were low heart rate variability were high it would interpret that as low sympathetic tone low fight-or-flight tone high parasympathetic tone it would represent that a certain way