Nonlinear pattern analysis of ventricular premature beats by mutual information

Methods of Information in Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 4-5, 1997, Pages 257-260

  Osaka, M ^a,b   Saitoh, H ^b   Yokoshima, T ^b   Kishida, H ^b   Hayakawa, H ^b   Cohen, R J ^a  

^a HARVARD MIT DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autonomic Activity; Heart Rate; Mutual Information; Nonlinear Analysis; Ventricular Premature Beat

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MORTALITY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031424692     PISSN: 00261270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1636872     Document Type: Article

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