Age-related alterations in the fractal scaling of cardiac interbeat interval dynamics

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 271, Issue 4 40-4, 1996, Pages

  Iyengar, Nikhil ^b   Peng, C K ^b   Morin, Raymond ^b   Goldberger, Ary L ^b   Lipsitz, Lewis A ^a  

^a RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

cardiovascular control; heart rate; modeling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CONTROL SYSTEM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; HEART BEAT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION CONTROL; SINUS RHYTHM;

EID: 0029859714     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1996.271.4.r1078     Document Type: Article

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