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Signal changes and their entropy were compared in three main phases of the test: supine position, tilt, and pre-syncope, with special focus on the latter, which was analyzed in a sliding window of each signal. In some cases, ApEn and SampEn were equally useful for the assessment of signal complexity (p &lt; 0.05 in corresponding calculations). The complexity of the signals was found to decrease in the pre-syncope phase (SampEn (RRI): 1.20\u20130.34, SampEn (sBP): 1.29\u20130.57, SampEn (dBP): 1.19\u20130.48, SampEn (SV): 1.62\u20130.91). The pattern of the SampEn (SV) decrease differs from the pattern of the SampEn (sBP), SampEn (dBP) and SampEn (RRI) decrease. For all signals, the lowest entropy values in the pre-syncope phase were observed at the moment when loss of consciousness occurred.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/e19050236","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,5,23]],"date-time":"2017-05-23T01:47:33Z","timestamp":1495504053000},"page":"236","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["Entropy in Investigation of Vasovagal Syndrome in Passive Head Up Tilt Test"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"19","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0388-3446","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Katarzyna","family":"Buszko","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Theoretical Foundations of Bio-Medical Science and Medical Informatics, Collegium Medicum, Nicolaus Copernicus University, 85-067 Bydgoszcz, Poland"}]},{"given":"Agnieszka","family":"Pi\u0105tkowska","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"1st Chair Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw 02-091, Poland"},{"name":"Department of Emergency Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw 02-091, Poland"}]},{"given":"Edward","family":"Ko\u017aluk","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"1st Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw 02-091, Poland"}]},{"given":"Grzegorz","family":"Opolski","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"1st Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw 02-091, Poland"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2017,5,20]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"1","article-title":"Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of syncope","volume":"30","author":"Moya","year":"2009","journal-title":"Eur. 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