Experimental Results on a New Method for Analysis of Heart Rate Variability

Elio Conte, William Giroldini, Vincenza Laterza, Sergio Conte, Maria Pieralice, Francesco Casciaro, Gabriele De Masi De Luca, Antonio Francesco Maria Giuliano, Leonardo Mendolicchio, Orlando Todarello

Department of Neuroscience and Sense Organs, University Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy.
School of Advanced International Studies on Applied Theoretical and Non Linear Methodologies of Physics, Bari, Italy.

DOI: 10.4236/wjcd.2014.48048                

Abstract

A new method for HRV analysis is described and experimental results are given.

Keywords

Autonomic Neuroscience, HRV Analysis, FFT in HRV Analysis

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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