Linear feedback analysis of cardiovascular system using seismocardiogram

Abstract

The paper deals with an analysis of relationship between heart rate described by a sequence of cardiac interbeat intervals and mechanical activity of heart represented by a sequence of systolic forces. Both the quantities were determined from seismocardiograms recorded from healthy subjects under two different experimental conditions. The method of the linear feedback baroreflex approach originally developed in [1], [2] and [3] was applied for the analysis. Different character of obtained results in comparison to those described in [1], [2] or [3], is explained by differences between frequency properties of the recorded sequences of the systolic forces and values of systolic blood pressure.