Cardiopulmonary coupling spectrogram as an ambulatory clinical biomarker of sleep stability and quality in health, sleep apnea, and insomnia

• Published in: Sleep (New York, N.Y.) Vol. 41; no. 2
• Main Authors: Thomas, Robert Joseph, Wood, Christopher, Bianchi, Matt Travis
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Oxford University Press 01.02.2018
• Subjects: Biomarkers; Electrocardiography; Insomnia; Sleep apnea; Sleep, Health and Disease; apnea; sleep; ECG; ambulatory; cardiopulmonary coupling; insomnia

Ambulatory tracking of sleep and sleep pathology is rapidly increasing with the introduction of wearable devices. The objective of this study was to evaluate a wearable device which used novel computational analysis of the electrocardiogram (ECG), collected over multiple nights, as a method to track...