Complexity and Nonlinearity in Cardiovascular Signals [Hardcover]

This book reports on the latest advances in complex and nonlinear cardiovascular physiology aimed at  obtaining reliable, effective markers for the assessment of heartbeat, respiratory, and blood pressure dynamics. The chapters describe in detail methods that have been previously defined in theoretical physics such as entropy, multifractal spectra, and Lyapunov exponents, contextualized within physiological dynamics of cardiovascular control, including autonomic nervous system activity. Additionally, the book discusses several application scenarios of these methods. The text critically reviews the current state-of-the-art research in the field that has led to the description of dedicated experimental protocols and ad-hoc models of complex physiology. This text is ideal for biomedical engineers, physiologists, and neuroscientists. 

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Expertly reviews cutting-edge research, such as recent advances in measuring complexity, nonlinearity, and information-theoretic concepts applied to coupled dynamical systems

Comprehensively describes applications of analytic technique to clinical scenarios such as heart failure, depression and mental disorders, atrial fibrillation, acute brain lesions, and more

Broadens readers' understanding of cardiovascular signals, heart rate complexity, heart rate variability, and nonlinear analysisPart I: Introduction.- 1. Introducing Complex Cardiovascular Physiology.- Part II: Methods.- 2. Symbolic Dynamics, Poincar? Plot Analysis and Compression Entropy Estimate Complexity in Biological Time Series.- 3. Information Decomposition: A tool to Dissect Cardiovascular and Cardiorespiratory Complexity.- 4. Multiscale Entropy: Recent Advances.- 5. Introduction to Complex Systems Analysis with Wavelets.- 6. Intermittency-Driven Complexil3Y