Fascinating rhythm: A primer on chaos theory and its application to cardiology

American Heart Journal

Volumn 120, Issue 6 PART 1, 1990, Pages 1419-1440

  Denton, Timothy A ^a,b   Diamond, George A ^a,b   Helfant, Richard H ^a,b   Khan, Steven ^a,b   Karagueuzian, Hrayr ^a,b  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART RHYTHM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMAL; ARRHYTHMIA; BIOPHYSICS; CARDIOLOGY; HUMAN; MATHEMATICS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; SYSTEMS THEORY;

EID: 0025606434     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0002-8703(90)90258-Y     Document Type: Article

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