Heart failure and related morbidity and mortality are increasing at an alarming rate, in large
part, because of increases in aging, obesity, and diabetes mellitus. The clinical outcomes …

Healthy biological systems exhibit complex patterns of variability that can be described by
mathematical chaos. Heart rate variability (HRV) consists of changes in the time intervals …

Insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes mellitus and associated hyperinsulinaemia can promote
the development of a specific form of cardiomyopathy that is independent of coronary artery …

Contemplative practices, such as meditation and yoga, are increasingly popular among the
general public and as topics of research. Beneficial effects associated with these practices …

Heart rate variability (HRV), the change in the time intervals between adjacent heartbeats, is
an emergent property of interdependent regulatory systems that operate on different time …

Electrical stimulation of the auricular vagus nerve (aVNS) is an emerging technology in the
field of bioelectronic medicine with applications in therapy. Modulation of the afferent vagus …

Heart failure is a complex clinical syndrome, the incidence and prevalence of which is
increased in diabetes mellitus, pre-diabetes, and obesity. Although this may arise from …

In recent years there has been substantial support for heart rate variability biofeedback
(HRVB) as a treatment for a variety of disorders and for performance enhancement. Since …

Heart failure (HF), the leading cause of death in the western world, develops when a cardiac
injury or insult impairs the ability of the heart to pump blood and maintain tissue perfusion. It …

Half of patients with heart failure (HF) have a preserved left ventricular ejection fraction
(HFpEF). Morbidity and mortality in HFpEF are similar to values observed in patients with HF …