Evidence for fractal correlation properties in variations of peripheral arterial tone during REM sleep

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 283, Issue 1 52-1, 2002, Pages

  Dvir, I ^a,b   Adler, Y ^a,b   Freimark, D ^a,b   Lavie, P ^a,b,c  

^a Itamar Medical Limited   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Congestive heart failure; Detrended fluctuation analysis; Heavy snoring

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY TONE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BODY MASS; BREATHING PATTERN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; NONREM SLEEP; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; PULSE WAVE; REM SLEEP; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SLEEP PATTERN; SNORING; SYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL;

EID: 0036299642     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00336.2001     Document Type: Article

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