Synchronization of low-frequency oscillations in the human cardiovascular system

Chaos. 2009 Sep;19(3):033112. doi: 10.1063/1.3187794.

Abstract

We investigate synchronization between the low-frequency oscillations of heart rate and blood pressure having in humans a basic frequency close to 0.1 Hz. A method is proposed for quantitative estimation of synchronization between these oscillating processes based on calculation of relative time of phase synchronization of oscillations. It is shown that healthy subjects exhibit on average substantially longer epochs of internal synchronization between the low-frequency oscillations in heart rate and blood pressure than patients after acute myocardial infarction.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms*
  • Biological Clocks / physiology*
  • Blood Pressure / physiology*
  • Computer Simulation
  • Heart Rate / physiology*
  • Humans
  • Models, Cardiovascular*
  • Nonlinear Dynamics*
  • Oscillometry / methods*