Abstract
Heart rate and blood pressure variability may provide important diagnostic information for the assessment of cardiovascular risk. The interactions between heart rate and blood pressure are complex and strongly non-linear. In this paper, we apply the method of joint symbolic dynamics (JSD), a new short term non-linear analysis method to investigate the interactions between heart rate (HR) and mean arterial pressure (MAP). Continuous (30 to 90 min) non-invasive electrocardiogram (ECG) and invasive blood pressure (BP) recordings (radial artery) were done in 2 patients during surgery, where sufficiently long recordings of ECG and BP are readily available. Time series of beat-to-beat HR and MAP changes were transformed off-line into a bivariate symbol vector. This symbol vector was transformed into a word series (a word consisting of three and four successive symbols), and the probability of occurrence of each word type was calculated and compared between both patients. Joint symbolic dynamics turned out to be a fairly easy-to-use and innovating approach to the study of HR and MAP interactions, provided that the necessary computing power for post-processing of lengthy data sets is available.
Original language | English |
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Number of pages | 4 |
Publication status | Published - 26 May 2003 |
Event | 6th National Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics - Ghent, Belgium Duration: 26 May 2003 → 27 May 2003 |
Conference
Conference | 6th National Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics |
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Abbreviated title | ICTAM 2003 |
Country/Territory | Belgium |
City | Ghent |
Period | 26/05/03 → 27/05/03 |
Bibliographical note
Anca Larisa Sandu is a Master student at the “Al. I. Cuza” University, Iasi, Romania, and a recipient of a Socrates Grant for a stage at University of Gent. Koen Matthys is a recipient of a specialization grant of the Institute for the Promotion of Innovation by Science and Technology in Flanders (IWT-993175). Patrick Segers is a recipient of a post-doctoral grant from the Fund for Scientific Research in Flanders (FWO-Vlaanderen).Keywords
- heart rate variability
- blood pressure variability
- joint symbolic dynamics
- cardiac mechanics