Ventricular response in atrial fibrillation: Random or deterministic?

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 277, Issue 2 46-2, 1999, Pages

  Stein, Kenneth M ^a   Walden, Jeff ^a   Lippman, Neal ^b   Lerman, Bruce B ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart rate; Nonlinear dynamics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHAOTIC DYNAMICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HUMAN; MALE; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; R WAVE; RANDOMIZATION; WHITE NOISE;

EID: 0032879966     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1999.277.2.h452     Document Type: Article

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