Analyses of Heart Rate, Respiration and Cardiorespiratory Coupling in Patients with Schizophrenia

Analyses of Heart Rate, Respiration and Cardiorespiratory Coupling in Patients with Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia is a severe mental disorder associated with a significantly increased cardiovascular mortality rate. However, the underlying mechanisms leading to this cardiovascular disease (CVD) are not fully known. Therefore, the objective of this study was to characterize the cardiorespiratory in...

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Main Authors: Steffen Schulz, Karl-Jürgen Bär, Andreas Voss
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-01-01
Series:Entropy
Subjects:
biomedical signal processing
time series analysis
nonlinear dynamics
heart rate variability
respiratory variability
cardiorespiratory coupling
coupling direction
autonomic nervous system
schizophrenia
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/17/2/483

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