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The work aims to study the features of autonomic control of the cardiovascular system in two groups of patients with Covid-19: with and without arterial hypertension. A total of 15 pairs of 20-minute electrocardiogram and photoplethysmogram signals were registrated in each group. We used the methods of spectral analysis, as well as the previously proposed method for assessing the phase synchronization of 0.1-Hz rhythms of signals of autonomic control of heart rate and blood pressure. The data of patients with chronic arterial hypertension showed a lower level of synchronization than patients without it. This is probably due to the peculiarities of autonomic control of the cardiovascular system in patients with chronic arterial hypertension. © 2022 SPIE.
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This work aims to analyze the coupling between autonomic control loops of blood circulation in patients with Covid-19. In this work, we assessed the degree of coupling between the mechanisms of autonomic control using noninvasive signals of the cardiovascular system - RR-intervals signals and photoplethysmogram signals. Statistical evaluation of the study results using the methods of phase synchronization analysis did not reveal significant differences between the sample of patients with Covid-19 and healthy subjects of the corresponding age group. © 2021 IEEE
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This study aims to investigate the strength of synchronization between the autonomic control loops of the cardiovascular system (CVS) in patients with COronaVIrus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Methods - We calculated the total percent of phase synchronization index (S index) between the loops of autonomic control of heart rate and vascular tone in two sample groups: healthy individuals and COVID-19 patients. Results - The group-average value of the S index in COVID-19 patients is lower comparing to healthy individuals, the Mann-Whitney U-test confirmed that the differences are statistically significant. Conclusion - Obtained results suggest that the decreased value of the S index reflects the presence of a viral disease, and the S index is a promising basis for non-invasive screening diagnostics of viral diseases, particularly of COVID-19.