System function between breathing rate and heart rate in fetal sheep

Author

Noguchi, Yasuaki ; Dwyer, Gene ; Szeto, Hazel H.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Pharmacology, Cornell Univ. Med. Coll., New York, NY, USA

fYear

1989

Firstpage

731

Abstract

In order to assess the modulation of fetal heart rate (FHR) by breathing movements, the authors determined the system function between heart rate and breathing rate (FBR) in the fetal lamb. The FHR was obtained from the R-R´ interval of the electrocardiogram (EKG) and the FBR from the burst-to-burst interval of diaphragmatic electromyogram (EMG). The R-R´ interval of the EKG and the burst-to-burst interval of the EMG were determined using a template recognition method. The data were analyzed in both the frequency and time domain. Power spectral analysis reveals a frequency component in the FHR which corresponds well with the breathing rate. The strength of the modulation of the FHR by a breathing burst is indicated by the system function. In addition, the correlation function reveals other slower frequencies common to both the FHR and FBR

Keywords

bioelectric potentials; electrocardiography; muscle; EKG; EMG; R-R´ interval; breathing rate; burst-to-burst interval; fetal sheep; frequency component; heart rate; power spectral analysis; system function; template recognition method; Educational institutions; Electromyography; Fetal heart rate; Fetus; Frequency; Heart rate; Heart rate variability; Instruments; Spectral analysis; Time domain analysis;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1989. Images of the Twenty-First Century., Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.1989.95956

Filename

95956