title: The sequence technique revised: additional concepts on the assessment of spontaneous baroreflex function.
abstract: The sequence technique is commonly employed to estimate the baroreflex sensitivity from the analysis of systolic blood pressure (SBP) and RR Interval (RRI) recordings. Traditionally, the RRI+/SBP- and RRI-/SBP+ sequences are excluded from this analysis.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Biomedical Technology, Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi ONLUS, 20148 Milano, Italy. mdirienzo@dongnocchi.it
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Di Rienzo
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Castiglioni
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Parati
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D017704:Baroreflex / Q000502:physiology*; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008955:Models, Cardiovascular; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D055815:Young Adult