Separation of respiratory influences from the tachogram: a methodological evaluation.

The variability of the heart rate (HRV) is widely studied as it contains information about the activity of the autonomic nervous system (ANS). However, HRV is influenced by breathing, independently of ANS activity. It is therefore important to include respiratory information in HRV analyses in order...

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Main Authors: Devy Widjaja, Alexander Caicedo, Elke Vlemincx, Ilse Van Diest, Sabine Van Huffel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4086956?pdf=render