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Published in final edited form as: Auton Neurosci. 2009 Apr 28;150(1-2):21–26. doi: 10.1016/j.autneu.2009.03.009

Table 4.

Symbolic parameters of pulse interval (PI) and systolic arterial pressure (SAP) calculated from longer (500 beats), overlapped time series using symbolic analysis.

	SHAM	CHF-2wk	CHF-4wk
	(n=7)	(n=7)	(n=7)
Pulse Interval
0V (%)	25.9 ± 13.9	20.6 ± 13.9	19.1 ± 5.6
1V (%)	40.6 ± 6.2	37.7 ± 6.7	36.5 ± 5.8
2LV (%)	6.0 ± 4.5	9.6 ± 9.6	5.9 ± 4.3
2UV (%)	27.2 ± 10.8	31.7 ± 10.3	38.1 ± 8.5
Systolic Pressure
0V (%)	28.8 ± 9.6	15.1 ± 11.4^*	11.5 ± 8.6^*
1V (%)	49.6 ± 2.4	39.1 ± 14.1	31.7 ± 13.4^*
2LV (%)	10.2 ± 7.2	9.8 ± 9.4	6.0 ± 5.2
2UV (%)	11.1 ± 4.9	35.5 ± 26.7	50.7 ± 20.7^*

All values were expressed as mean ± SD.

p<0.05 versus SHAM