Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback and Hypertension: Searching for A Correlated Stance

Abstract

This article explores the role of heart rate variability biofeedback (HRVBF), a mind-body medicine modality, essential for the comprehension, development, analysis of hypertension (HTN), and the management of chronic disorders. The topic is rooted in a quest for awareness of heart rate variability (HRV), HRV biofeedback (HRVBF), preventive approaches to hypertension (HTN), and efforts to decipher a correlated stance between HRVBF and hypertension. Biofeedback is a non-surgical therapeutic method with negligible side effects seeking to maintain a homeostatic balance in the human body, with the individual in control of positive life-changing therapeutic interventions such as heart rate, breathing, and mechanisms for blood pressure. This article considers a systematic review of sixty-three articles, from which fifty-two were read and analyzed, and eleven appraised. The reviews helped explore the various theories about HRV biofeedback (HRVBF) as an essential tool to assess cardiac autonomic function considering the onset of hypertension. The current evidence shows that HRVBF, HRV, and HTN warrant a significant look at how crucial it is in the involvement of the neuro-cardiovascular system. For a clear interpretation of the mechanisms involved, this article uses the lenses of HRVBF, HRV, HTN, and presents an outlook assessment of heart rate variability biofeedback efficacy, and challenging explanations of HRV. Three primary questions enunciated to ascertain if a correlation exists between HRVBF, and hypertension (HTN) are: Is HRV biofeedback (HRVBF) important in detecting individuals with a higher risk of hypertension? What is the association between HRV biofeedback (HRVBF) and hypertension? Do people with decreased HRV biofeedback have a higher propensity for hypertension?