Special issues
Selected contributions submitted to ESGCO 2022 and accepted to be included in the ESGCO 2022 conference proceedings will be invited to submit a full manuscript to the following theme issue to be published in the scientific journals Physiological Measurement and Frontiers in Network Physiology:
consistently with the following summary of issue:
Scope
„This focus collection aims to present an interdisciplinary cross-section of the recent research related to the spontaneous physiological variables oscillations and their significance for better understanding of underlying physiological control mechanisms and their changes related to pathological conditions. Linked to the 12th European Study Group on Cardiovascular Oscillations (ESGCO) meeting, this focus collection is not only limited to the participants of the abovementioned meeting but it is open to any researcher focused on topics ranging from basic research of physiological variables oscillations to the clinical application of ever-developing physiological signals analysis tools.
The focus collection will try to encompass widest range of topics related to physiological variables oscillations, starting with the analysis of various input signals (ECG derived beat to beat measures, blood pressure recordings, impedance cardiography derived measures, blood flow and phonocardiography recordings, etc.). The contributions related to uni-, bi- or multivariate analysis of these signals and their mutual connections or their interconnections with respiratory or brain activities on a wide range of time scales (from seconds to circannual rhythm) will be also welcome. The topics include the influence of age ranging from fetal development to senescence, the influence of stress ranging from physical through cognitive to social stress.
From the clinical point of view, we await the contributions related to the influence of various pathological states on cardiovascular and other physiological systems control, cardiorespiratory interactions, and brain-heart interplay in the various areas of medicine (neonatology, neurology, cardiology, psychiatry, infectology, anestesiology, etc.).“
Heart and Vessels: Important Nodes in the Network Inside the Human Body
About this Research Topic
Heart and vessels are controlled by a very complex network including autonomic nervous system mechanisms. Cardiac control consists of various mechanisms focused to accommodate heart rate, cardiac contractility and conductivity to the ever changing needs of human organism. Vascular control involves both local and generalized vasomotion reactions at the level of arteries, arterioles and veins. Furthermore, cardiovascular system interacts with other organ systems (respiratory system, central nervous system, etc.) finally integrating and coordinating the response to various challenges. All these control mechanisms generate complex coupled oscillations attractive for a study by linear, nonlinear and model-free mathematical approaches. The analysis of these interconnection will result in better understanding of the control system and its changes associated with the health and disease.
This focus collection aims to present an interdisciplinary cross-section of the recent research related to the assessment of interactions inside the cardiovascular system and interconnections between cardiovascular system components and other organ systems (respiratory system, central nervous system, etc.) from the point of view of network physiology. Linked to the 12th European Study Group on Cardiovascular Oscillations (ESGCO) meeting, this focus collection is not only limited to the participants of the abovementioned meeting but it is open to any researcher focused on topics ranging from basic research of physiological variables oscillations to the clinical application of ever developing physiological signals analysis tools.
Original studies and review articles published in this collection will try to encompass widest range of topics related to bi-, tri- or multivariate analysis of cardiovascular signals and their mutual connections or their interconnections with respiratory or brain activities or other signals on a wide range of time scales.
