  We study the phase-synchronization properties of systolic and diastolic
arterial pressure in healthy subjects. We find that delays in the oscillatory
components of the time series depend on the frequency bands that are
considered, in particular we find a change of sign in the phase shift going
from the Very Low Frequency band to the High Frequency band. This behavior
should reflect a collective behavior of a system of nonlinear interacting
elementary oscillators. We prove that some models describing such systems, e.g.
the Winfree and the Kuramoto models offer a clue to this phenomenon. For these
theoretical models there is a linear relationship between phase shifts and the
difference of natural frequencies of oscillators and a change of sign in the
phase shift naturally emerges.

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