Main description:

Divided roughly into two sections, this book provides a brief history of the development of ECG along with heart rate variability (HRV) algorithms and the engineering innovations over the last decade in this area. It reviews clinical research, presents an overview of the clinical field, and the importance of heart rate variability in diagnosis. The book then discusses the use of particular ECG and HRV algorithms in the context of clinical applications.

Contents:

Preface

Editors

Contributors

1. Introduction to ECG Time Series Variability Analysis: A Simple Overview

Herbert F. Jelinek, David J. Cornforth, and Ahsan H. Khandoker

2. Historical Development of HRV Analysis

Andreas Voss

3. A Descriptive Approach to Signal Processing

Dragana Bajic, Goran Dimic, Tatjana Loncar-Turukalo, Branislav Milovanovic, and Nina Japundzic-Zigon

4. Linear and Nonlinear Parametric Models in Heart Rate Variability Analysis

Gaetano Valenza, Luca Citi, and Riccardo Barbieri

5. Assessing Complexity and Causality in Heart Period Variability through a Model-Free Data-Driven Multivariate Approach

Alberto Porta, Luca Faes, Giandomenico Nollo, Anielle C. M. Takahashi, and Aparecida M. Catai

6. Visualization of Short-Term Heart Period Variability with Network Tools as a Method for Quantifying Autonomic Drive

Danuta Makowiec, Beata Graff, Agnieszka Kaczkowska, Grzegorz Graff, Dorota Wejer, Joanna Wdowczyk, Marta Zarczynska-Buchowiecka, Marcin Gruchala, and Zbigniew R. Struzik

7. Analysis and Preprocessing of HRV-Kubios HRV Software

Mika P. Tarvainen, Jukka A. Lipponen, and Pekka Kuoppa

8. Multiscale Complexity Measures of Heart Rate Variability-A Window on the Autonomic Nervous System Function

David J. Cornforth and Herbert F. Jelinek

9. BP and HR Interactions: Assessment of Spontaneous Baroreceptor Reflex Sensitivity

Tatjana Loncar-Turukalo, Nina Japundzic-Zigon, Olivera Sarenac, and Dragana Bajic

10. Tone-Entropy Analysis of Heart Rate Variability in Cardiac Autonomic Neuropathy

Chandan Karmakar, Ahsan H. Khandoker, Herbert F. Jelinek, and Marimuthu Palanis