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Heart Rate Variability: A Historical Perspective Markad V. Kamath, Mari A. Watanabe, and Adrian R.M. Upton Section I Heart Rate Variability Techniques Methodological Aspects of Heart Rate Variability Analysis Tom Kuusela Methodological Aspects of Baroreflex Sensitivity Analysis Tom Kuusela Arterial Blood Pressure Waveform Analysis and Its Applications in the Assessment of Vasovagal Syncope Juan Carlos Perfetto, Ricardo O. Sirne, Aurora Ruiz, and Carlos E. D'Attellis Heart Rate Turbulence Mari A. Watanabe and Georg Schmidt Phase-Rectified Signal Averaging: Methods and Clinical Applications Raphael Schneider, Alexander Müller, and Georg Schmidt Section II Clinical Applications of Heart Rate Variability--Monitoring Heart Rate Variability Analysis for the Monitoring of Fetal Distress and Neonatal Critical Care Manuela Ferrario, Federico Aletti, Giuseppe Baselli, Maria Gabriella Signorini, and Sergio Cerutti Heart Rate Variability and Blood Pressure Variability in Obstetrics and Gynecology Dietmar Schlembach and Manfred G. Moertl Effects of Exercise Training on Heart Rate Variability in Patients with Hypertension Philip J. Millar, Cheri L. McGowan, and Neil McCartney Heart Rate Variability and Sleep Eleonora Tobaldini, Krzystof Narkiewicz, Virend K. Somers, and Nicola Montano Section III Clinical Applications of Heart Rate Variability--Acute Care Heart Rate Variability in the Intensive Care Unit Mohammad Badrul Alam, Graham Jones, Andrew J.E. Seely, W.F.S. Poehlman, and Markad V. Kamath Heart Rate Variability and Cardiovascular Dynamic Changes during Local Anesthesia Panayiotis A. Kyriacou and Kamran Shafqat Effect of General Anesthesia on Heart Rate Variability Mathieu Jeanne, Régis Logier, and Benoît Tavernier Heart Rate Variability in Functional Neurosurgery Jonathan A. Hyam, Erlick A.C. Pereira, and Alexander L. Green Bariatric Surgery and Its Effects on Heart Rate Variability Anton F. Lodder, Markad V. Kamath, David Armstrong, and Adrian R.M. Upton Section IV Clinical Applications of Heart Rate Variability--Chronic Disorders Heart Rate Variability in Congestive Heart Failure Phyllis K. Stein and Yachuan Pu Heart Rate Variability Analysis in Ischemic Cardiomyopathy and Aortic Stenosis Patients José F. Valencia, Montserrat Vallverdú, Alberto Porta, Andreas Voss, Rafael Vázquez, and Pere Caminal Heart Rate Variability and Blood Pressure Variability in Respiratory Disease: Effects of Pharmaceutical Compounds, Non-Invasive Ventilation and Physical Exercise Audrey Borghi Silva and Aparecida Maria Catai Effects of Spinal Cord Injury on Heart Rate Variability and Blood Pressure Variability David S. Ditor, David Allison, and Markad V. Kamath Autonomic Dysfunction in Stroke Melanie I. Stuckey, Mikko Tulppo, and Robert J. Petrella The Significance of Heart Rate Variability in Patients with Epilepsy Manjari Tripathi and Navita Choudhary Classification of Parkinson's Disease Severity Using Heart Rate Variability Analysis Che-Wei Lin, Jeen-Shing Wang, Pau-Choo Chung, Chung-Yao Hsu, Li-Ming Liou, Yen-Kuang Yang, and Ya-Ting Yang Heart Rate Variability in Neuropsychiatric Disorders Brook L. Henry Heart Rate Variability and Depression Gautam R. Ullal Heart Rate Variability as a Measure of Depression and Anxiety during Pregnancy Alison K. Shea, Meir Steiner, and Markad V. Kamath Index
