Causal cross-spectral analysis of heart rate and blood pressure variability for describing the impairment of the cardiovascular control in neurally mediated syncope

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 65-73

  Faes, Luca ^a   Widesott, Lamberto ^a,c   Del Greco, Maurizio ^b,d   Antolini, Renzo ^a   Nollo, Giandomenico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b SANTA CHIARA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^d Electrophysiology Laboratory

Author keywords

Baroreflex; Coherence; Transfer function

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COHERENT LIGHT; NEUROLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

BAROREFLEX;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; RR INTERVAL; SPECTROSCOPY; SYNCOPE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BAROREFLEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS; SYNCOPE, VASOVAGAL;

EID: 30444451797     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2005.859788     Document Type: Article

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