title: Simulate heart rate variability in different physiological conditions.
abstract: Heart rate variability is assumed to result from a multiplicative or cascade mechanism based on its multifractal property. Numerical results on the perturbation of the cascade are given to compare HRV under parasympathetic (PNS) and sympathetic (SNS) autonomic blockades. It was found that qualitative change of the HRV multifractal, which was observed in PNS blockade, is due to the change from a multiplicative to an additive mechanism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanical, Aerospace & Industrial Engineering, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. derlin@ryerson.ca
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D055592:Biophysical Phenomena; D001703:Biophysics; D017709:Fractals; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008955:Models, Cardiovascular; D015233:Models, Statistical; D009407:Nerve Block; D010275:Parasympathetic Nervous System / Q000502:physiology; D013564:Sympathetic Nervous System / Q000502:physiology