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25 May 2004 Stochastic dynamics of the cardiovascular system
Peter V. E. McClintock, Aneta Stefanovska
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Proceedings Volume 5467, Fluctuations and Noise in Biological, Biophysical, and Biomedical Systems II; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.555849
Event: Second International Symposium on Fluctuations and Noise, 2004, Maspalomas, Gran Canaria Island, Spain
Abstract
The human cardiovascular system (CVS), responsible for the delivery of nutrients and removal of waste products to/from the entire body, is a highly complex system involving many control mechanisms. Signals derived from the CVS are inherently difficult to analyse because they are noisy, time-varying, and of necessarily limited duration. The application of techniques drawn from nonlinear science has, however, yielded many insights into the nature of the CVS, and has provided strong evidence for a large degree of determinism in the way it functions. Yet there is compelling evidence that random fluctuations (noise) also play an essential role. There are at least five oscillatory processes of widely differing frequency involved in the blood distribution. The evidence for them, and their probable physiological origins, are discussed. Interactions between some of the processes can give rise to modulation and synchronization phenomena, very similar to those observed in classical oscillators in many areas of physics. The extent to which the CVS can be modelled as a stochastic nonlinear dynamical system is reviewed, and future research directions and possible applications based on this perception are considered.
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Peter V. E. McClintock and Aneta Stefanovska "Stochastic dynamics of the cardiovascular system", Proc. SPIE 5467, Fluctuations and Noise in Biological, Biophysical, and Biomedical Systems II, (25 May 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.555849
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KEYWORDS
Heart
Oscillators
Blood circulation
Cardiovascular system
Blood pressure
Blood
Stochastic processes
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