Altered interactions of heart rate and blood pressure during normal and abnormal pregnancy

The assessment of the autonomic cardiovascular regulation provides important diagnostic and prognostic information. The aim of this study was to investigate the alterations of this autonomic regulation in the progress of a normal pregnancy and in several pregnancy disorders associated with hypertension, especially pre-eclampsia, applying the method of Joint Symbolic Dynamics (JSD). The JSD reveals nonlinear interactions/ coupling between two time series.