Publisher's Synopsis
The introduction of accurate, computer-assisted measurements of cardiac function has shown that beat-to-beat fluctuations of circulatory parameters (heart-rate, blood-pressure, etc) can no longer be attributed to deficiencies in the measurement techniques. Some fluctuations, for example, some oscillatory phenomena in heart-rate variability, have been shown to arise from control activity. In this volume the editors have assembled a series of articles that describe the physiology of electrical activity in the heart and of the baroreceptor reflex, the accurate and reliable measurement techniques that are now available, the analysis modelling, and clinical implications of beat-by-beat fluctuations.
