S. Carrasco et al., COMPARISON OF THE HEART-RATE-VARIABILITY PARAMETERS OBTAINED FROM THEELECTROCARDIOGRAM AND THE BLOOD-PRESSURE WAVE, Journal of medical engineering & technology, 22(5), 1998, pp. 195-205
Four temporal and four spectral parameters of heart rate variability w
ere compared after they were computed with two different time series g
eneration methods: the RR intervals and the numerical values of heart
rate provided by the Finapres. Recordings were obtained from 10 health
y subjects throughout five experimental conditions: supine, standing,
controlled breathing exercise and recovery. The mean and the RMS value
of successive differences showed significant differences between the
two methods. The spectral parameters were statistically different only
during standing and exercise. The larger high frequency component and
the lower HF/LF ratio by the Finapres method observed during exercise
, can be explained by the higher breathing influence on the peak-to-pe
ak pressure intervals, in relation to RR intervals. Therefore, the hig
h frequency component within mechanic intervals could possibly reflect
the non-neural respiratory influence. In conclusion, values of heart
rate provided by the Finapres are not completely interchangeable with
those obtained from the ECG during the studied conditions.