HeartQuest HRV

How HeartQuest HRV Analysis Works

Heart rate variability (HRV) is the physiological phenomenon of variation in the time interval between heartbeats. It is measured by the variation in the beat to beat intervals. A healthy heart rate variability is reflected by lots of variation in the time domain between successive heartbeats. This would indicate a very robust autonomic nervous system. Someone with less variation between one heartbeat to the next has low heart rate variability and indicates decreased autonomic nervous system regulation. The importance of heart rate variability is that it is controlled by the autonomic nervous system and therefore is a window into its function. The autonomic nervous system (composed of the sympathetic nervous system and parasympathetic nervous system) automatically influences the visceral organs, smooth muscle such as the blood vessels and glands and obviously a big influence on the heart.

The second component of heart rate variability besides the time domain is the spectral analysis. The ECG is broken down into very specific frequency bandwidths that correspond to specific functions. Low frequency, for example, has to do with the sympathetic nervous system and high frequency has to do with parasympathetic nervous system function. Within these various frequencies, bandwidths are the proprietary information unique to the HeartQuest that can inform practitioner information about meridians and other systems of the body that other heart rate variability technologies lack.

As the creator of HeartQuest, Dr. Michael Kessler, states: “HRV is a reflection of the autonomic nervous system, which controls 90% of the body’s functions…advanced HRV can reflect our evolutionary biology and where we are today, in terms of our ability to adapt to multiple stressors. This specialized HRV gives us a quantitative view of our adaptive capabilities and predicts how all of our regulatory systems are working inside or outside a specific zone.”

The HeartQuest assessment system analyzes the intricate web of interconnections regulating our highly complex physiology. It also has an educational biofeedback balancing program that is customized for the patient. In other words, with HeartQuest heart rate variability monitoring, one can discover how stress may be affecting the nervous system or cardiovascular system, and by extension-specific individual markers as well as overall health. In addition, the HeartQuest system goes beyond measuring only heart rate variability – it also determines the status of the neuro-hormonal system, brain waves, biorhythms and circadian rhythms, meridians and chakras, and overall vital force. Finely detailed and designed data displays are able to be shared with the patient in a simple to read manner, and HeartQuest is often utilized along with other evaluation methods as a supplemental analysis for the patient.