Heart rate variability categories of fluctuation amplitude and complexity: diagnostic markers of fetal development and its disturbances

Objective : In fetal diagnosis the myriad and diversity of heart rate variability (HRV) indices prevents a comparable routine evaluation of disturbances in fetal development and well-being. The work aims at the extraction of a small set of HRV key indices that could help to establish a universal, overarching tool to screen for any disturbance. Approach : HRV indices were organized in categories of short-term (prefix s) and long-term (prefix l)...