Complexity analyses show two distinct types of nonlinear dynamics in short heart period variability recordings

Alberto Porta, Vlasta Bari, Andrea Marchi, Beatrice De Maria, Dirk Cysarz, Peter Van Leeuwen, Anielle C M Takahashi, Aparecida M Catai, Tomaso Gnecchi-Ruscone, Alberto Porta, Vlasta Bari, Andrea Marchi, Beatrice De Maria, Dirk Cysarz, Peter Van Leeuwen, Anielle C M Takahashi, Aparecida M Catai, Tomaso Gnecchi-Ruscone

Abstract

Two diverse complexity metrics quantifying time irreversibility and local prediction, in connection with a surrogate data approach, were utilized to detect nonlinear dynamics in short heart period (HP) variability series recorded in fetuses, as a function of the gestational period, and in healthy humans, as a function of the magnitude of the orthostatic challenge. The metrics indicated the presence of two distinct types of nonlinear HP dynamics characterized by diverse ranges of time scales. These findings stress the need to render more specific the analysis of nonlinear components of HP dynamics by accounting for different temporal scales.

Keywords: autonomic nervous system; cardiovascular control; gestational age; head-up tilt; heart rate variability; local prediction; multiscale analysis; time irreversibility.

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Figure 1
The bargraphs show the percentage of fetuses exhibiting nonlinear dynamics, NL%, as detected by the NV%-based time irreversibility (A) and UPI-based local prediction (B) analyses as a function of the period of gestation (i.e., PoG1, PoG2, and PoG3).
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Figure 2
The bargraphs show the percentage of healthy humans exhibiting nonlinear dynamics, NL%, as detected by the NV%-based time irreversibility (A) and UPI-based local prediction (B) analyses as a function of the tilt table inclination during graded T-test (i.e., R, T15, T30, T45, T60, T75, and T90).

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