Over the last decades, assessment of heart rate variability (HRV) has increased in various fields of research. HRV describes changes in heartbeat intervals, whi

Open a Window into the Autonomic Nervous SystemQuantifying the amount of autonomic nervous system activity in an individual patient can be extremely important,

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This book not only discusses clinical applications, but also links HRV to systems biology and theories of complexity. This publication should be interesting for

Heart rate variability (HRV) has become a popular method to study autonomic modulation of the cardiovascular system. Cardiovascular health depends on the proper