Preface Editors Contributors 1. Introduction to ECG Time Series Variability Analysis: A Simple Overview Herbert F. Jelinek, David J. Cornforth, and Ahsan H. Khandoker 2. Historical Development of HRV Analysis Andreas Voss 3. A Descriptive Approach to Signal Processing Dragana Bajic, Goran Dimic, Tatjana Loncar-Turukalo, Branislav Milovanovic, and Nina Japundžic-Žigon 4. Linear and Nonlinear Parametric Models in Heart Rate Variability Analysis Gaetano Valenza, Luca Citi, and Riccardo Barbieri 5. Assessing Complexity and Causality in Heart Period Variability through a Model-Free Data-Driven Multivariate Approach Alberto Porta, Luca Faes, Giandomenico Nollo, Anielle C. M. Takahashi, and Aparecida M. Catai 6. Visualization of Short-Term Heart Period Variability with Network Tools as a Method for Quantifying Autonomic Drive Danuta Makowiec, Beata Graff, Agnieszka Kaczkowska, Grzegorz Graff, Dorota Wejer, Joanna Wdowczyk, Marta Zarczynska-Buchowiecka, Marcin Gruchala, and Zbigniew R. Struzik 7. Analysis and Preprocessing of HRV—Kubios HRV Software Mika P. Tarvainen, Jukka A. Lipponen, and Pekka Kuoppa 8. Multiscale Complexity Measures of Heart Rate Variability—A Window on the Autonomic Nervous System Function David J. Cornforth and Herbert F. Jelinek 9. BP and HR Interactions: Assessment of Spontaneous Baroreceptor Reflex Sensitivity Tatjana Loncar-Turukalo, Nina Japundžic-Žigon, Olivera Šarenac, and Dragana Bajic 10. Tone–Entropy Analysis of Heart Rate Variability in Cardiac Autonomic Neuropathy Chandan Karmakar, Ahsan H. Khandoker, Herbert F. Jelinek, and Marimuthu Palaniswami 11. Heart Rate Variability Analysis in Exercise Physiology Kuno Hottenrott and Olaf Hoos 12. Monitoring Patients during Neurorehabilitation Following Central or Peripheral Nervous System Injury: Dynamic Difficulty Adaptation Herbert F. Jelinek, David J. Cornforth, Alexander Koenig, Robert Riener, Chandan Karmakar, Md. Hasan Imam, Ahsan H. Khandoker, Marimuthu Palaniswami, and Mario Minichiello 13. Heart Rate Variability as a Useful Parameter in Assessment of Cardiac Rehabilitation Outcome Hosen Kiat, Tom Collins, and Herbert F. Jelinek 14. Acquired Brain Injury Rehabilitation: What Can HRV Tell You? Ian J. Baguley and Melissa T. Nott 15. Heart Rate Variability in Psychiatric Disorders, Methodological Considerations, and Recommendations for Future Research A. H. Kemp and D. S. Quintana 16. Cardiac Autonomic Dysfunction in Patients with Schizophrenia and Their Healthy Relatives Karl-Jürgen Bär, Steffen Schulz, and Andreas Voss 17. Fetal Heart Rate Variability Faezeh Marzbanrad, Yoshitaka Kimura, Marimuthu Palaniswami, and Ahsan H. Khandoker 18. Heart Rate Variability and Eating Disorders Jane Russell and Ian Spence 19. Applying Heart Rate Variability in Clinical Practice Following Acute Myocardial Infarction Juha S. Perkiömäki and Heikki V. Huikuri 20. Beat-to-Beat QT Interval Variability and Autonomic Activity Mathias Baumert 21. The Predictive Utility of Heart Rate Variability in Chronic Kidney Disease: A Marker of Patient Outcomes Cara M. Hildreth, Ann K. Goodchild, Divya Sarma Kandukuri, and Jacqueline K. Phillips 22. Beat-to-Beat Variability of Cardiomyocytes Helmut Ahammer, Brigitte Pelzmann, Klaus Zorn-Pauly, Robert Arnold, and Michael Mayrhofer-Reinhartshuber 23. Associations between Genetic Polymorphisms and Heart Rate Variability Anne Voigt, Jasha W. Trompf, Mikhail Tamayo, Ethan Ng, Yuling Zhou, Yaxin Lu, Slade Matthews, Brett D. Hambly, and Herbert F. Jelinek Index