Diurnal variation of ECG intervals and R or T amplitudes in healthy male subjects assessed by means of spectral and cosinor analysis

Japanese Heart Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 45-53

  Koch, Horst Josef ^a,b   Raschka, Christoph ^b   Banzer, Winfried ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b Department of Sports Medicine   (Germany)

Author keywords

ANOVA; Diurnal variation; ECG; ECG intervals; Healthy volunteers; R and T wave amplitudes; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; R WAVE; SPECTROSCOPY; T WAVE;

EID: 0032947923     PISSN: 00214868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1536/jhj.40.45     Document Type: Article

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