CARDIOVASCULAR SIGNALS IN DIABETES MELLITUS: A NEW TOOL TO DETECT AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY -- CARDIOVASCULAR SIGNALS IN DIABETES MELLITUS: A NEW TOOL TO DETECT AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- SECTION 1: SHORT-TERM HEART RATE COMPLEXITY ANALYSIS -- BACKGROUND -- METHODS -- SUBJECTS -- STUDY PROTOCOL -- DATA ANALYSIS -- Standard (linear) HRV Analysis -- Entropy Measures -- Symbolic Dynamics -- Statistics -- RESULTS -- PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS -- HEART RATE -- TRADITIONAL (LINEAR) HRV MEASURES -- HRV COMPLEXITY ANALYSIS -- MSE -- COMPRESSION ENTROPY -- SYMBOLIC DYNAMICS -- CORRELATION ANALYSIS -- FOLLOW-UP ANALYSIS -- CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS AFTER 17 MONTH FOLLOW-UP -- CHANGES IN HRV AFTER 17 MONTH FOLLOW-UP -- CORRELATIONS BETWEEN HRV AND CLINICAL DM PARAMETERS -- CORRELATIONS BETWEEN HBA1C VALUES AND CHANGES IN HRV AFTER FOLLOW-UP -- INTERPRETATION -- STANDARD TIME AND FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS OF HRV -- ENTROPY ANALYSIS OF HRV -- SYMBOLIC DYNAMICS -- CORRELATION ANALYSIS -- FOLLOW-UP ANALYSIS -- SECTION 2: RECURRENCES IN HEART RATE DYNAMICS -- BACKGROUND -- METHODS -- SUBJECTS AND PROTOCOL -- DATA ANALYSIS -- STATISTICS -- RESULTS -- INTERPRETATION -- SECTION 3: BLOOD PRESSURE OSCILLATIONS - LINEAR AND MULTISCALE ENTROPY ANALYSIS -- BACKGROUND -- METHODS -- SUBJECTS AND PROTOCOL -- DATA ANALYSIS -- Time Domain Parameters -- Multiscale Entropy (MSE) -- STATISTICS -- RESULTS -- TIME DOMAIN PARAMETERS - BETWEEN GROUPS COMPARISON -- MULTISCALE ENTROPY - BETWEEN GROUPS COMPARISON -- CORRELATION ANALYSIS -- LINEAR DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS -- INTERPRETATION -- SECTION 4: LINEAR AND NONLINEAR ANALYSIS OF BAROREFLEX -- BACKGROUND -- METHODS -- SUBJECTS AND PROTOCOL -- DATA ANALYSIS -- Baroreflex Sensitivity Measurement -- Sequence Method -- Time Domain Cross-Correlation Method -- Cross-Spectral Method.

Analysis of Nonlinear Synchronization -- Information Domain Synchronization Index (IDSI) -- Cross Multiscale Entropy (CrossMSE) -- Joint Symbolic Dynamics -- Information-Based Similarity Index -- STATISTICS -- RESULTS -- BAROREFLEX SENSITIVITY - BETWEEN GROUPS COMPARISON -- NONLINEAR SYNCHRONIZATION - BETWEEN GROUPS COMPARISON -- CORRELATIONS BETWEEN SIGNIFICANTLY ALTERED MEASURES -- INTERPRETATION -- COMPARISON OF ESTABLISHED BRS TECHNIQUES -- NOVEL MEASURES FOR BAROREFLEX ASSESSMENT -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.