Methods Inf Med 1997; 36(04/05): 278-281
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1636860
Original Article
Schattauer GmbH

Detection of Nonlinearity in the Healthy Heart Rhythm

Authors

  • S. Chillemi

    1   Institute of Biophysics, CNR, Pisa, Italy
  • M. Barbi

    1   Institute of Biophysics, CNR, Pisa, Italy
  • A. Di Garbo

    1   Institute of Biophysics, CNR, Pisa, Italy
  • R. Balocchi

    2   Institute of Clinical Physiology, CNR, Pisa, Italy
  • C. Michelassi

    2   Institute of Clinical Physiology, CNR, Pisa, Italy
  • C. Carpeggiani

    2   Institute of Clinical Physiology, CNR, Pisa, Italy
  • M. Emdin

    2   Institute of Clinical Physiology, CNR, Pisa, Italy
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Publication Date:
19 February 2018 (online)

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Abstract:

Sequences of interbeat intervals from two groups of subjects, 24 in relaxed and 10 in sleeping condition were analyzed by the nonlinear predictor method as well as by a method, proposed recently, able to directly estimate the time series nonlinearity. The nonlinear predictability of the R-R intervals is tested by using surrogate data. The results obtained with both methods show that nearly all the sequences exhibit a statistically meaningful degree of nonlinearity. This raises the question whether such nonlinearity encodes information about the physiological condition of the examined subjects.