Analogue and digital electrocardiogram recordings in the assessment of heart rate variability

Clinical Physiology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 157-166

  Simula, S H ^a   Laitinen, T ^a   Hartikainen, J E K ^a  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ambulatory ECG; Autonomic nervous system; Coronary artery disease; Spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ANALOG COMPUTER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIGITAL COMPUTER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDER; TIME;

AGED; ANALOG-DIGITAL CONVERSION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CORONARY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031971633     PISSN: 01445979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2281.1998.00089.x     Document Type: Article

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