Heart rate variability characterization: time-frequency representation and nonlinear analysis

Author

Vallverdú, M. ; Clariá, F. ; Carvajal, R. ; Martínez, P. ; Aloñso, J.L. ; Zareba, W. ; Vinolas, X. ; De Luna, A. Baèsy ; Caminal, P.

Author_Institution

Centre de Recerca en Enginyeria Biomedica, Univ. Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain

fYear

1999

fDate

6/21/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

257

Lastpage

260

Abstract

Time-frequency representation (TFR) and complexity measures based on the correlation dimension are applied to the characterization of the Heart Rate Variability, (HRV). For this study 117 subjects are analyzed from the IDEAL database, 53 patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (IDC); 64 normal subjects (NRM). IDC patients are classified by means of their ejection fraction. The RR series are analyzed during the night period. The Choi-Williams distribution is used for the TFR analysis and three spectral bands are selected: low frequency band (0-0.07 Hz) mid frequency band (0.07-0.15), and high frequency band (0.15-0.45 Hz). The Correlation Dimension CD index is calculated determining its optimal parameters, time delay and embedding dimension. A new Dck index is introduced. A statistical analysis of the results using one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) is applied

Keywords

diseases; electrocardiography; medical signal processing; muscle; statistical analysis; time-frequency analysis; Choi-Williams distribution; ECG analysis; electrodiagnostics; heart rate variability characterization; high frequency band; low frequency band; mid frequency band; nonlinear analysis; one-way analysis of variance; spectral bands; time-frequency representation; Analysis of variance; Cardiology; Databases; Delay effects; Electrocardiography; Heart rate variability; Signal analysis; Spectral analysis; Statistical analysis; Time frequency analysis;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computers in Cardiology, 1999

Conference_Location

Hannover

ISSN

0276-6547

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5614-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CIC.1999.825955

Filename

825955