Heart Rate Variations Analysis: Traditions, Misconceptions, Perspectives

The article is devoted to the heart rate “variability” analysis from the history of the issue to the current Euro-American and Russian recommendations. The aim of this work was to analyze the correctness of these documents from the point of view of both physiology and algorithms for identifying and applying quantitative parameters of heart rate variations. The methodological and algorithmic imperfection of the applied approaches is shown. Ways to overcome the existing problems are proposed.