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The role of vagal innervation in the variability of heart beat

He Shuyun, Hu Sanjue, Wang Xianhui, Han Sheng

Institute of Neurosciences,The Fourth Military Medical University.Xi^an 710032,Shaanxi;China

Abstract

It is suggested that the variability of RRI is mainly regulated by the vagi and the role of right vagi is more important than that of the left. When measuring heart rate variability, the results obtained with conventional method are consistent with those with nonlinear method.

Key words: RRI;Power spectrum;Approximate entropy(ApEn)

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He Shuyun, Hu Sanjue, Wang Xianhui, Han Sheng. The role of vagal innervation in the variability of heart beat. Acta Physiol Sin 2002; 54 (2): (in Chinese with English abstract).