Fractal and periodic heart rate dynamics in fetal sheep: Comparison of conventional and new measures based on fractal analysis

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 284, Issue 5 53-5, 2003, Pages

  Koshino, Takahiro ^a   Kimura, Yoshitaka ^a   Kameyama, Yoshinobu ^a   Takahashi, Takeshi ^a   Yasui, Tomoharu ^a   Chisaka, Hiroshi ^a   Sugawara, Junichi ^a   Okamura, Kunihiro ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Fetal heart rate variability

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CALCULATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DYNAMICS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FETUS; FETUS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; MEASUREMENT; NIGHT; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; SHEEP; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0037405095     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00268.2002     Document Type: Article

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