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.

Features

• Focuses traditional and new methods for analyzing the geometry, temporal and spatial dynamics disclosed by linear and nonlinear methods to evaluate heart rate variability
• Features up-to-date research and clinical applications
• Provides a useful tool for self-study, as a supplement to courses in linear and nonlinear systems, or as a modern monograph by researchers in diverse fields of HRV analysis

Reviews

“This book presents a comprehensive view of ECG time series variability analysis, covering many relevant aspects from descriptive approaches and modelling to advanced signal processing methods. The different clinical applications of the techniques are covered in detail, with examples including, but not limited to, foetal heart rate variability, heart rate variability in psychiatric disorders, schizophrenia, or chronic kidney disease. Therefore, it is likely to become a well-received book by those who already have an interest in the topic, those who might be interested in the possible usefulness of heart rate variability analysis in different conditions, and those wanting to get started in ECG time series variability analysis.”
—Daniel Abasolo, University of Surrey, United Kingdom

Contents

۱. Introduction to ECG Time Series Variability Analysis: A Simple Overview
۲. Historical Development of HRV Analysis
۳. A Descriptive Approach to Signal Processing
۴. Linear and Nonlinear Parametric Models in Heart Rate Variability Analysis
۵. Assessing Complexity and Causality in Heart Period Variability through a Model-Free Data-Driven Multivariate Approach
۶. Visualization of Short-Term Heart Period Variability with Network Tools as a Method for Quantifying Autonomic Drive
۷. Analysis and Preprocessing of HRV—Kubios HRV Software
۸. Multiscale Complexity Measures of Heart Rate Variability—A Window on the Autonomic Nervous System Function
۹. BP and HR Interactions: Assessment of Spontaneous Baroreceptor Reflex Sensitivity
۱۰. Tone–Entropy Analysis of Heart Rate Variability in Cardiac Autonomic Neuropathy
۱۱. Heart Rate Variability Analysis in Exercise Physiology
۱۲. Monitoring Patients during Neurorehabilitation Following Central or Peripheral Nervous System Injury: Dynamic Difficulty Adaptation
۱۳. Heart Rate Variability as a Useful Parameter in Assessment of Cardiac Rehabilitation Outcome
۱۴. Acquired Brain Injury Rehabilitation: What Can HRV Tell You?
۱۵. Heart Rate Variability in Psychiatric Disorders, Methodological Considerations, and Recommendations for Future Research
۱۶. Cardiac Autonomic Dysfunction in Patients with Schizophrenia and Their Healthy Relatives
۱۷. Fetal Heart Rate Variability
۱۸. Heart Rate Variability and Eating Disorders
۱۹. Applying Heart Rate Variability in Clinical Practice Following Acute Myocardial Infarction
۲۰. Beat-to-Beat QT Interval Variability and Autonomic Activity
۲۱. The Predictive Utility of Heart Rate Variability in Chronic Kidney Disease: A Marker of Patient Outcomes
۲۲. Beat-to-Beat Variability of Cardiomyocytes
۲۳. Associations between Genetic Polymorphisms and Heart Rate Variability