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A Literature Survey on Heart Rate Variability and its Various
Processing and Analyzing Techniques
Miss Priyanka Mayapur1
1B.E Student, Dept. Of Electronics and Communications Engineering, Agnel Institute of Technology and Design,
Assagao, Goa, India1
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Abstract – Human heart being the electro-mechanical
pump supplies blood via a cardiovascular network. Its
rhythmic beating gives rise to a pattern which when recorded
can be used to find out the functionality of a heart. The
diagnostic tool is called as Electrocardiogram (ECG) and its
tracing contains a lot of attributes whose proper analysismay
detect any cardiac peculiarity. Amongthem, isanentitycalled
as the beat-to-beat interval (R-R interval). Theanalysisofbeat
to beat fluctuations of heart rate is known as heart rate
variability (HRV) which is a concisemarkertostudythehealth
of the heart along with a lot of measures clinically. This paper
talks about the importance of the HRV and the various
processing yet analysis techniques used to calculate the HRV
by researchers.
Key Words: ECG, Heart Rate, IBI, HRV, ANS
1. INTRODUCTION
The human heart is a muscular organ that pumps blood
through blood vessels via the network of cardiovascular
system. The regular rhythmic beating is a result of the
contraction and relaxation of the muscle tissue of the heart
between 60 to 100 times per minute (BPM). The movement
of ions constitutes the electrical signals which results in a
combination of several consecutive cardiac cycles duetothe
depolarization and repolarization of the ions in the blood
including a fairy period of waves, segments and intervals
corresponding to the consecutive heart action phases. The
representation of this electrical activity of the heart in
exquisite detail is measured in terms of a diagnostic tool
called as the Electrocardiogram (ECG) which was invented
by Willem Einthoven in 1903 in Netherlands.
Fig -1: The Human Heart (Electrophysiological View)
Usually the ECG is recorded in an image consisting of all 12
channels or lead recordings interlaced by 3 second intervals
from combinations of leads per row; (First row: I, AVR, V1,
V4, Second row: II, AVL, V2, V5, Third row: III, AVF, V3, V6).
The R-Peak is considered to be the most important fiducial
point in the signal due to its larger amplitude and proper
detection of the R-Peak is said to have a major contribution
in determining a fundamental feature called as the RR
interval or the inter-beat interval (IBI), which is one of the
strongest driving factor in analyzing an ECG signal. Among
all these attributes, the most important entity used to
determine the heart rate variability (HRV)istheR-Rinterval
which is obtained by finding out the distance between one
R-peak and the next R-peak (successive R’s).
The trace of an ECG consists of the following attributes as
mentioned in the table:
Table -1: Features in an ECG Signal
Waves/Peaks P, Q, R, S, T, U
Segments PQ or PR, ST
Intervals PQ or PR, R-R, P-P, QT, QU,
TP, TQ
Complex &
Points
J Point, QRS Complex
An efficient analysis of this parameter could help inaccurate
determination in the cardiovascular studies.
Fig -2: The ECG Waveform
2. THE CLINICAL IMPORTANCE OF THE HRV
BACKGROUND
A nerve impulse stimulus to the heart generates an ECG
which is a basic pattern of the electrical signal that varies as
per the functioning of the heart [1, 2]. Earlier it was believed
that the heart beats at a fixed rate until the discovery of the
technology stated that there is some amount of variability
present in the measurement of the heart rate. Heart rate is

an indicator of how fast the person’s heart could beat in a
minute at regular rhythmic intervals. Within any given time
period, the IBI is ever varying. HR is not constant, and
presents variations as a meanstoadaptinternal andexternal
stress factors [24].
Autonomic regulation of heart results in Heart Rate
Variability (HRV) [3]. HRV could be defined as a non-
stationary signal that changes with time or varies between
successive heart beatsovertime.Multiple biological rhythms
overlay one another to produce the resultant pattern of
variability. This variability in heart rate is an adaptive
quality in a healthy body whose changes can beanindicative
of the upcoming or the current peculiarity or disease [5].
HRV is a noninvasive marker relevant for physical,
emotional, and mental functionandisaffectedbyitsrelevant
experiences. Though the age, gender, lifestyle, sleep,
nutrition, social situation, work situation, medications,
environment, smoking status, the use of hormone therapy,
body mass index (BMI), resting blood pressure, fasting
concentrations of lipids and glucose can all play a role in
HRV yet internal processes like circadian rhythm and
hormonal fluctuations cause HRV to slowly rise and fall over
the course of 24 hours [4, 7]. Although patterns of HRV hold
considerable promise for clarifying issues in clinical
applications, the inappropriate quantification and
interpretation of these patterns may obscure critical issues
or relationships and may impede rather than foster the
development of clinical applications [24].
Current research suggests that each individual has a
resonant frequency at which heart rate variability is the
greatest, and this resonant frequency can be measured by
biofeedback instruments. While there is no uniform ideal
value for all persons, this resonant frequency is most
frequently produced by persons in a relaxed mental state,
with a positive emotional tone, breathing diaphragmatically
at a rate of about 5-7 breaths per minute.
Psychophysiological research suggests that these frequency
ranges reflect different biological influences. The high
frequency range is associated with parasympathetic
pathways, the influences of respiration in normal
frequencies on vagal tone. The low frequency range is
associated with the influence of blood pressure
(baroreceptors) on heart rhythms, and meditative/slow
breathing augments this range. The very low frequency
range is associated with sympathetic activation, or more
probably the withdrawal of parasympathetic braking, and
also the influences of visceral and thermal regulation.
Studies have also shown that clinical depression lowers
heart rate variability [5].
HRV can be helpful in analyzing a number of conditions,
some of it to be mentioned would be:
 HRV analysis reflects the interplay of the
sympathetic and vagal components of the
autonomic nervous system (ANS) on the sinusnode
of the heart [24].
 Measurement of HRV helps in evaluating cardiac
autonomic regulation and thus provides significant
information regarding cardiac irregularities or
injuries.
 It also provides quantitative information about the
modulation of cardiac vagal and sympathetic nerve
activities and information about the sympathetic
parasympathetic autonomic balance.
 It is one of the most crucial markers proven to be
beneficial in obtaining reliable stress diagnosis and
its related disorders.
 Estimation of the anxiety or being extremelyfatigue
or drowsiness with respect to the autonomous
nervous system activity can be detected using the
HRV.
 Also, heart valvular defects can be figured out using
the concept of HRV.
 Since HRV demands the heart rate to be increased
with the increase in the physical activity, it can
prove to be a good entity in determining the health
and the flexibility of the human heart musclesalong
with the indication of proper blood flow through
them.
 Reduced cardiacparasympatheticactivity,indicated
by a reduced level of high-frequency heart rate
variability (HF-HRV), is associated with an
increased risk for atherosclerosis and coronary
artery disease along with calcification [7].
 Lower variability in heart rate predicts a greater
risk for death after a heart attack.
 Changes in the rhythms of the heart occur before a
fetus goes into distress may predict sudden infant
death [5].
 Cardiac autonomic neuropathy,frequentlydetected
as a reduced HRV, has been associated with
increased mortality in diabetes and aging.
 It is also used to detect Arrhythmias. In clinical
practice, low HRV suggests increased susceptibility
to cardiac arrhythmias secondary to autonomic
imbalance [9, 19].
 Recent research also states that cancer at early
stages can be detected using HRV. Patients with
rejection documented biopsy show acquisition
signiﬁcantly more variability [8, 21].
 The clinical use of HRV is also found to be predictive
in case of Myocardial Infarction, Hypertension,
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary disease and Apnea
[3].
 ANS is tied closely to processes in the body such as
digestion and inflammation. This means that HRV
can actually help a person detect when a diet is
eliciting a negative physiological response prior to
symptoms arising [20].

 HRV is also useful in determining blood pressure
regulation, renal failure, humoral cardiac factors,
and sinus node characteristics.
3. THE HRV DETECTION TECHNIQUES
One measure of heart rate variability is the difference
between the highest heart rate and the lowest heart rate
within each cardiac cycle, measured in beats per minute.
This index is called HR Max – HR Min.
A second index of Heart Rate Variability, widely used in
medical research is the Standard Deviation of the N-to-N
interval. The N-to-N interval is the normalized beat-to-beat
interval. The SDNN is the standard deviation of those
intervals, a measure of their variability. A third index of
variability is called pNN50. This index measures what
percent of the Inter-beat Intervals differ from neighboring
intervals by 50 milliseconds or more [5].
As the literature on heart rate variability (HRV) continuesto
burgeon, so does the detection and processing techniques,
few of which are discussed below:
In a paper proposed by Klaudia PalaK et al, the influence of
Deep Breathing on ANS activity in professional swimmers
and non-trained persons was evaluated based upon the
changes in Heart rate, or so to say the HRV. Since R-R
interval is the main entity required to calculate the HRV,
here the IBI interval was detected using certain HRV indices
like the Mean — arithmetic mean, SD — standard deviation,
mRR — average R-R interval of the sinus rhythm, SDNN —
standard deviation of the average R-R intervals of the sinus
rhythm, rMSSD — square root of the mean squared
difference of successive R-R intervals, pNN50 — proportion
of successive R-R intervals that differ by more than 50 ms,
TP — total spectral power at the whole range of frequencies
(0.0033–0.15 Hz), LF — low-frequency component (0.04–
0.15 Hz), HF — high-frequency component (0.15–0.4 Hz),
LF/HF — low-frequency to high-frequencycomponent ratio.
The differences betweendependentvariables wereanalyzed
with the Wilcoxon test, while the differences between the
experimental and the control group were tested with the
non-parametric Mann-Whitney U test. The analysis was
conducted with SPSS v.17 software.
The changes in heart rate variability were morepronounced
during deep breathing test. Both theirfindingsandliterature
data suggest that physical training is reflected by greater
heart rhythm variability and trained individuals were
characterized by greater variability of sinus rhythm than
non-trained persons not only at rest but also in response to
ANS stimulation [22].
In a paper proposed by Guger C et al, heart rate variability
was shown to be used as a parameter that reflected the
physiological state of the participant. And this physiological
measure was used to describe the state of Presence in a
virtual environment. In order to detecttheHRV,theECG was
analyzed using the g.BSanalyze biosignal analysis software
package. First detection of QRS Complex was done in order
to find the IBI or the NN interval using the modified Pan
Tompkins Algorithm. And then important features were
calculated in time and frequency domains. The time domain
measures were MeanRR - mean RR interval [ms], SDNN -
standard deviation of NN intervals [ms], MaxRR - maximum
RR interval [ms], MinRR - minimum RR interval [ms],
MinMaxRR - difference between MaxRR and MinRR [ms],
MeanHR - mean heart rate [bpm], SDHR -standarddeviation
of the heart-rate [bpm]. The segmented measures divided
the recorded ECG signal into equally long segments to
calculate SDANN - standard deviation of the average NN
interval calculated over short periods, SDNNindex - mean of
e.g. 1 min standard deviation of NN intervals calculatedover
total recording length which yielded differences between
adjacent intervals determining the SDSD - standard
deviation of successive NN differences [ms], RMSSD -square
root of the mean squared difference of successive NN
intervals [ms], NN50 - number of intervals of successive NN
intervals greater than 50 ms, PNN50 - NN50 divided by the
total number of NN intervals. Frequency domain measures
provided information on how power was distributed as a
function of frequency. RR time series were resampledwitha
frequency of 2 Hz. Then the power spectrum of the
resampled time series was estimated with the Burg method
of order 15. The RR sequence was detrended and a Hanning
window was applied prior to the spectrum estimationwhich
was followed by FFT. Therefore it was argued that the
change was not initiated by dynamic exercise. Furthermore,
an increased LF component and a decreased HF component
normally indicated mental stress. A standard Einthoven I
ECG derivation was used to calculate the HRV and event-
related ECG to describe the physiological state of
participants in VR environments [23].
Butta Singh et al proposed a paper where in commercial,
online, portable software tool was used in HRV analysis and
cardiovascular research. HRV parameters were categorized
in time domain, frequency domain, time-frequencyandnon-
linear methods. Time domain methods included estimation
of variables such as the standard deviation of the normal-to-
normal (NN) intervals (SDNN), square root of the mean of
the sum of the squares of differences between adjacent NN
intervals (rMSSD), percent of thenumberofpairsofadjacent
NN intervals differing by more than50ms(pNN50).Another
time-domain measure of HRV was the triangular index; a
geometric measure obtained by dividing the total numberof
all NN intervals by the height of histogram ofall NN intervals
on a discrete scale with bins of 7.8125 ms. Frequency
domain methods included spectral analysis. Both the
methods were highlynonlinear,randomandcomplex.Due to
which time and frequency measures of HRV were notable to
detect subtle, but important changes in the HRV. Therefore,
nonlinear methods weredevelopedtoquantifythedynamics
of HR fluctuations. As mentioned about few included a non-

linear complexity index developed by Pincus called
approximate entropy (ApEn), to quantify the randomness of
physiological time-series. RichmanandMoormandeveloped
and characterized sampleentropy(SampEn),a newfamilyof
statistics, measuring complexity and regularity of clinical
and experimental time-series data and compared it with
ApEn. The long-term variability of HRV (SD1) was also
derived from Poincaré plots. Software tools like Kubios,
GHRV, KARDIA, VARVI, RHRV, ARTiiFACT, Lab View,
POLYAN, aHRV were used to analyze the HRV [24].
In a paper proposed by George E. Billman et al similar
methodological considerations like time domain, frequency
domain, and non-linear dynamic analysis techniques were
used to analyze HRV as in [24] paper [25].
In a paper proposed by Mohamed Faisal Lutfi, results
confirmed that degree of asthma control influenced pattern
of autonomic modulations/HRV among AS. Frequency
domain analysis and statistical methods were used to
determine HRV [26].
Similar approach was applied in a paper proposed by GD
Jindal et al where they assessedtheANS withrespecttoHRV.
And similar time, frequency domain methodsandnon-linear
methods were used to detect HRV [27].
Payal Patial et al [28] and Elio Conte [29] proposed a paper
to analyze HRV using similar methods as described in [27].
Ivana Gritti et al proposed a paper where comparison
between heart rate variability (HVR) and its components
during sleep at low altitude and after 30 - 41 hours of
acclimatization at high altitude (3480 m) in five mountain
marathon runners controlled for diet, drugs,light-dark cycle
and jet lag were done. Automatic analysis of HRV valueswas
performed using Somnological 3 software (Embla),
autoregressive model, order 12, following the rules of the
Task Force. Also frequency domain methods and statistical
analysis were done in order to analyze the HRV [30].
Sylvain Laborde et al proposed a paper with an aim of
providing the field of psychophysiology with practical
recommendationsconcerningresearchconductedwithHRV,
specifically highlighting its ability to index cardiac vagal
tone, which is relevant for many psychophysiological
phenomena, such as self-regulation mechanisms linked to
cognitive, affective, social, and health. They believed that
non-linear analyses might be more adequate and precise for
HRV analysis than the prevalent linear measures. One of
those linear indices was the Poincaré plot. The plot itself
displays the correlation of R–R intervals by assigning each
following interval to the, respectively, former interval as a
function value (autocorrelation). The resultwasa plotwhich
illustrated quantitative and qualitative patterns of one’s
individual HRV in the shape of an ellipse [31].
U. Rajendra Acharya et al proposed a paper wherein they
have discussed the various applicationsofHRVanddifferent
linear, frequency domain, wavelet domain, nonlinear
techniques used for the analysisoftheHRV.Time-dependent
spectral analysis of HRV using the wavelet transform was
found to be valuable for explaining the patterns of cardiac
rate control during reperfusion [32].
In a paper proposed byKárolyHercegfi,HRVmonitoring was
done during the Human Computer Interaction. The paper
presented new results of a short,basicseriesof experiments,
attempting to explore the boundaries of the temporal
resolution of the method. The applied INTERFACE
methodology was based on the simultaneous assessment of
HRV and other data. Here windowingfunctionhasbeenused
in order to find out the R-R interval to calculate the HRV
which was analyzed using the ISAX software [33].
In a paper by Marek Malik, measurement of HRV were done
using time domain methods, statistical methods,geometrical
methods, frequency domain methods using spectral
components and non-linear methods.Theparameterswhich
were used to measure non-linearpropertiesofHRVincluded
1/f scaling of Fourier spectra,Hscalingexponent,andCoarse
Graining Spectral Analysis (CGSA). For data representation,
Poincarè sections, low-dimension attractor plots, singular
value decomposition, and attractor trajectories were used.
For other quantitative descriptions, the D2 correlation
dimension, Lyapunov exponents, and Kolmogorov entropy
were employed [34].
In a paper tackled by Sonia Rezk et al, the inter-beat
intervals analysis was done using a new tool of estimation
based on algebraic approach. Their idea focuses on the fact
that the estimation of the R wave occurrence is considered
as a Time Delay Estimation (TDE) problem. The technique
detected the peaks by ignoring the peaks that preceded or
followed larger peaks by less than a waiting time equal
refractory period. The peaks higher than the detection
threshold were termed as the R peak else noise. Also if there
were no R peaks detected within 1.5 R-to-R intervals then
back search was applied where if a peak higher than half the
detection threshold followed the preceding detection by at
least 360ms was termed as R peak. Then this IBI featurewas
used to calculate the heart rate and HRV [35 and 36].
E. A. Whitsel et al proposed a paper where in the QT interval
index and the R-R interval variation were determined as the
felt that it may improve characterization of sympathovagal
control and could also estimate the risk of primary cardiac
arrest. Here in, the R-R intervals were determined using
calipers from ECG and QT interval were obtained using a
large field anastigmatic lens with four fold magnification.
The IBI interval was later used to calculate the RRV [39].
In a paper published by Mourot L, it wasseenthatnon-linear
HRV indices obtained from short RR intervals series (256
points) gave clinically valuable information in cardiac

disease which highlighted the deficiencyofthe neurocardiac
regulation. HRV analysis was conducted with the aid of
Kubios HRV Analysis Software 2.0. For the time domain, the
root mean square of successive RR interval differences
(rMSSD) and the fraction of consecutive RR intervals that
differ by more than 50 ms (pNN50) were reported. For the
frequency domain, the normalized low frequency power,
normalized high frequency power, and theLF/HF ratiowere
reported. For non-linear indices, approximate (ApEn) and
sample (SampEn) entropy and theshort-termfluctuations in
the R-R interval data calculated by detrended fluctuation
analysis (DFA) were reported. Statistical analyses were
performed using SigmaStat software [40].
Vala Jeyhani et al proposeda paperwhereinHRVparameters
were compared which were derived from
Photoplethysmography (PPG) and Electrocardiography
Signals. Usually, IBI entity is basically used to derive the
HRV. But recently it was also seen that PPG signal was
proposed as an alternative for ECG in HRV analysis to
overcome some difﬁculties in measurement of ECG. PPG
signal is often recorded by using a pulse oximeter which
emits light to skin and measures changes in lightabsorption.
First, detection of R peaks was done using the PanTompkins
algorithm and then IBI along with P-P interval were
calculated followed by HRV and its parameters. Poincare
plots were constructed by plotting the R-R interval signal as
a function of itself with a delay of one sample [41].
Elio Conte et al proposed a paper wherein a new method for
HRV analysis was described. Softwares of the BiopacSystem
and the Nevrokard software were used for HRV analysis
[42].
Kaufmann, T et al proposed a paper wheresoftwarecalledas
ARTiiFACT was used for heart rate artifact processing and
heart rate variability analysis.ARTiiFACTincludedtime-and
frequency-based HRV analyses and descriptive statistics
which offered the basic tools for HRV analysis. ARTiiFACT is
designed to provide researchers with a software tool
covering the complete range of data processing steps, from
raw ECG data to deriving HRV parameters for statistical
analysis. ARTiiFACT offered a convenient data interface to
RSAtoolbox, a freely availableimplementationofpeak-valley
analysis of RSA. Detection of R peak wasdoneusingthesame
software. A window-based linear detrending method was
implemented in order to purge data from long time drifts.
HRV analyses were performed in both the time and
frequency domains, which provided several highly
correlated parameters indicating the extent of HRV [43].
In a paper proposed by Devy Widjaja et al, a study was
presented where an advanced automated algorithm was
used to preprocess RR intervalsobtainedfroma normal ECG.
The proposed technique attempted to recover correct RR
intervals by summing consecutive small intervals and thus
removing spurious R peaks. To check whether an interval is
too small, a reference RR interval (RRref), which was
empirically set as a weighted average of three previous RR
intervals, was used for comparison which was used to
analyze HRV [44].
Fluctuation in the time intervals between individual heart
beats quantifies the variation in the heart rate (HRV).
Though R-R is visually inspected, detection of proper R
peaks is very significant. In a paper devised by Mirja A.
Peltola, methods involved in editing or pre-processing R–R
interval time series influences a change in HRV has been
talked about with an addition of detecting R peaks using
various algorithms. It is claimed that the true marker for HR
is the P wave onset, since the P wave is a more accurate
marker of onset of the atrial depolarization than the R peak.
Due to the low amplitude and difficulty in detection of P
wave, R peaks are considered as the most accurate markers
for detection of HRV. Several algorithms like Hilbert
Transform; Digital Filtering methods like PanTompkins and
Hamilton and Tompkins; Pattern Recognition and Wavelet
Transform have been found to be useful in detection of R
peaks. No standardized procedures for detecting R peaks
have been recommended but itwasseenthathigh-qualityR–
R interval software helped in getting a visual view of the
actual point positions in the ECG signal of the R peak
detection process and the possibility to correct any false
points was also stressed upon [45].
4. CONCLUSION
It was seen that a lot of methods were used to detect and
analyze the HRV by researchers which included using many
calculativemethods.Various timedomain,frequencydomain
and non-linear methods were used in this procedure. It was
also seen that few softwares were used to analyze the HRV
which also yielded accurate results along with the rest. HRV
is an emergent marker used to detect a lot of cardiac factors
and peculiarities. It is necessary to detect this feature
appropriately and accurately. Future research heading in
this direction is necessary with a larger sample size in order
to accurately pinpoint the various heart defectsindividually.
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