This book reports on the latest advances in complex and nonlinear cardiovascular physiology
aimed at obtaining reliable effective markers for the assessment of heartbeat respiratory
and blood pressure dynamics. The chapters describe in detail methods that have been previously
defined in theoretical physics such as entropy multifractal spectra and Lyapunov exponents
contextualized within physiological dynamics of cardiovascular control including autonomic
nervous system activity. Additionally the book discusses several application scenarios of
these methods. The text critically reviews the current state-of-the-art research in the field
that has led to the description of dedicated experimental protocols and ad-hoc models of
complex physiology. This text is ideal for biomedical engineers physiologists and
neuroscientists. This book also:Expertly reviews cutting-edge research such as recent advances
in measuring complexity nonlinearity and information-theoretic concepts applied to coupled
dynamical systemsComprehensively describes applications of analytic technique to clinical
scenarios such as heart failure depression and mental disorders atrial fibrillation acute
brain lesions and moreBroadens readers' understanding of cardiovascular signals heart rate
complexity heart rate variability and nonlinear analysis
