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Two experimental models are presented with which an insight into the efficiency of the cardio-respiratory synchronizing tendencies can be gained. The one works with varying the respiratory cycles (Part 1), the other with varying the cardiac cycles (Part 2). Model 1 discloses that the efficiency of the linking system must be “remarkably high”. Model 2 allows a more precise statement, namely, that respiration remains in phase despite a 30% time-shift of the cardiac reference point. — Work is in progress to refine and to standardize these models.
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Dedicated to Prof. F. Leuthardt on the occasion of his 70th birthday.
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Bucher, K., Ebneter-Schwitter, H. & Bucher, K.E. Cardio-respiratory synchronism: Efficiency of the linking system. Res. Exp. Med. 162, 1–6 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01851879
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01851879