The Application of ShortTerm Nonlinear Methods to Heart Rate Variability Analysis
Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, School of Basic Medicine, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100005,China
Abstract:Nonlinear analysis brings about new insights into heart rate variability (HRV) changes under various physiological and pathological conditions, providing additional prognostic information and complementing traditional time and frequency domain analyses. Shortterm nonlinear analysis conforms to the nonlinearity and nonstationarity of heart rate dynamics. Several dominant methods, such as symbolic dynamics analysis, shortterm fractal scaling exponent (α1) analyzed by the detrended fluctuation analysis method, approximation entropy and sample entropy, recurrence quantification analysis, are introduced for their application to shortterm RR series. Furthermore, this article reviews some expansion of application, including shortterm nonlinear analysis coupled with longterm RR series, as well as risk stratification based on multidomain indexes including shortterm nonlinear ones. Several issues concerning the wide spread clinical use of HRV analysis were discussed.
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