An Autonomic Nervous System Model Applied to the Analysis of Orthostatic Tests

One of the clinical examinations performed to evaluate the autonomic nervous system (ANS) activity is the tilt test, which consists in studying the cardiovascular response to the change of a patient's position from a supine to a head-up position. The analysis of heart rate variability signals d...

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Main Authors: Virginie Le Rolle, Alfredo I. Hernández, Pierre-Yves Richard, Guy Carrault
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2008-01-01
Series:Modelling and Simulation in Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2008/427926