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In this section a simple model <strong>of</strong> cardiovascular-respiratory interaction in humans<br />

is presented. The data analyzed, ECG, BP and respiratory signals, have these features:<br />

1. The physiological signals have different forms (respiration is a narrow-band signal,<br />

while BP and ECG can be reduced to spike pulse trains);<br />

2. The characteristic time scales <strong>of</strong> the signals are different (there are always several<br />

heart beats or BP cycles per respiratory cycle) and vary within each data recording<br />

period.<br />

3. Oscillation coupling is probably related to modulation <strong>of</strong> the HR and BP by<br />

respiration.<br />

From table 5.4 one cannot give much insight to what is happening until this table<br />

is compared to a similar table obtained from the COPD model in section 5.5

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