Heart Rate Variability

In the 25 years since the first studies concerning RR interval variability in cardiac patients were published, heart rate variability has become a field of wide interest. The aim of this text is to provide a comprehensive overview of heart rate variability, reflecting the range and complexity of this dynamic field, to guide the scientific and professional community, and also to address the need for clinical standards and future research ideas. In order to prevent erroneous conclusions and unfounded extrapolations, efforts have been made to standardise nomenclature, methods for measurement, clinical applications etc. This text attempts to expand on the framework set forth by the joint European Society of Cadiology and North American Society for Pacing and Electrophysiology Task Force, covering facets of the field in greater detail. The editors have assembled a team of leaders in the international arena of cardiology, reflecting all aspects of the field; mathematical, engineering, physiological and clinical, to produce a volume which will be valuable to all those participating in the diagnosis and treatment of heart rate variability.

Table of Contents:
ForewordA. Moss Preface M. Malik, J. Camm Part I: Background 1. The Control and Physiological Importance of Heart Rate R. Hainsworth 2. Circadian Changes of the Cardiovascular System and the Autonomic Nervous System: Observations in Autonomic Disorders C. J. Mathias, M. Alam Part II: Measurement of Heart Rate Variability3. Time-Domain Measurement of Heart Rate Variability R. E. Kleiger, P. K. Stein, M. S. Bosner, J. N. Rottman4. Geometrical Methods for Heart Rate Variability Assessment M. Malik 5. Spectral Analysis of Heart Rate Variability SignalS. Cerruti, A. M. Bianchi, L. T. Mainardi 6. Correction of the Heart Rate Variability Signal for Ectopics and Missing Beats M. V. Kamath, E. L. Fallen 7. Nonlinear Methods for Heart Rate Variability Assessment G. Schmidt, G. E. Morfill 8. Effect of Electrocardiogram Recognition Artifact on Time-Domain Measurement of Heart Rate Variability M. Malik 9. Correspondence of Differenct Methods for Heart Rate Variability Measurement J. Kautzner, K. Hnatkova 1 0. Heart Rate Variability Instruments from Commercial Manufacturers H. L. Kennedy Part III: Physiology of Heart Rate Variability 11. Models for the Analysis of Cardiovascular Variability Signals G. Baselli, A. Porta, G. Ferrari 12. Components of Heart Rate Variability: Basic Studies S. Akselrod 13. Reproducibility of Heart Rate Variability Measurement J. Kautzner 14. Association of Heart Rate Variability Components with Physiological Regulatory Mechanisms A. Malliani 15. Baroreflex Sensitivity and Heart Rate Variability in the Assessment of the Autonomic StatusM. T. La Rovere, A. Mortara, G. D. Pinna, L. Bernardi 16. Heart Rate and Heart Rate VariabilityP. Coumel, P. Maison-Blanche, D. Catuli 1 7. Heart Rate Variability and Sympatho-Vagal Interaction After Myocardial Infarction F. Lombardi, G. Sandrone 1 8. Effect of Age on Heart Rate Variability. Odemuyiwa 1 9. The Relationship Between Ventricular Function and Heart Rate Variability O. Odemuyiwa 20. Effects of Physical and Mental Exercise on Heart Rate Variability M. Pagani, D. Lucini, O. Rimoldi, R. Furlan, S. Piazza, L. Biancardi 21. Heart Rate Response to Provocative Manoeuvres D. Andresen, T. Bruggemann, S. Behrens, C. Ehlers 2 2. Effects of Pharmacological Interventions on Heart Rate Variability: Animal Experiments and Clinical ObservationsL. Fei 23. Circadian Rhythm of Heart Rate Variability E. L. Fallen, M. V. Kamath 24. Relationship Between Heart Rate, Respiration, and Blood Pressure VariabilitiesP. Sleight, B. Casadei Part IV: Clinical Implications and Use of Heart Rate Variability 2 5. Heart Rate Variability and Risk Stratification After Myocardial Infarction M. S. Bosner, R. E. Kleiger 26. Short-Term and Long-Term Assessment of Heart Rate Variability for Postinfarction Risk Stratification L. Fei, M. Malik 27. Heart Rate Variability and Risk Stratification Post-myocardial Infarction E. Vanoli, P. B. Adamson, D. Cerati, S. S. Hull 28. Heart Rate Variability and Risk Stratification After Acute Myocardial Infarction: Change in Heart Rate Variability After Acute Myocardial Infarction O. Odemuyiwa 29. Risk Stratification Following Myocardial Infarction: Heart Rate Variability and Other Risk Factors A. J. Camm, L. Fei 30. Practicality of Postinfarction Risk Assessment Based on Time-Domain Measurement of Heart Rate Variability M. Malik, K. Hnatkova, A. J. Camm 31. Interventions Changing Heart Rate Variability after Acute Myocardial InfarctionP. J. Schwartz, G. M. De Ferrari 3 2. Changes of Heart Rate Variability Preceding Ventricular Arrharrythmias T. Vybiral, D. H. Glaeser 33. Changes in Heart Rate Variability Associated with Sudden Cardiac DeathD. H. Singer, Z. Ori 34. Heart Rate Variability in Patients with Heart FailureG. C. Casolo 35. Heart Rate and Blood Pressure Variability and Their Interaction in Hypertension G. Parati, M. Di Rienzo, A. Groppelli, A. Pedotti, H. Mancia 36. Heart Rate Variability after Cardiac Transplantation J. P. Saul, L. Bernardi 37. Heart Rate Variability in Patients with Other Cardiovascular Diseases. Kautzner 38. Heart Rate Variability in Patients with Diabetes and Other Noncardiological Diseases F. Bellavere 39. Heart Rate Variability in the FetusM. Hirsch, J. Karin, S. Akselrod 40. Ventricular Response in Patients with Sustained Atrial Fibrillation: Relation to the Underlying Cardiovascular Disease M. W. F. Schweizer, K. G. C. da Silva, W. Kubler, J. Brachman

Review :
"The editors have succeeded in the ambitious task of creating a single comprehensive text that reflects both the breadth and depth of this field and, in doing so, have melded the latest contributions from the world's leading experts in the field into a thorough compendium that should serve as a valuable reference for anyone contemplating research in the complex and dynamic area of heart rate variability." Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology ""The editors have succeeded in the ambitious task of creating a single comprehensive text that reflects both the breadth and depth of this field and, in doing so, have melded the latest contributions from the world's leading experts in the field into a thorough compendium that should serve as a valuable reference for anyone contemplating research in the complex and dynamic area of heart rate variability."" Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology