Fractal analysis of heart rate dynamics as a predictor of mortality in patients with depressed left ventricular function after acute myocardial infarction

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 836-839

  Mäkikallio, Timo H ^a   Høiber, Søren ^b   Køber, Lars ^b   Torp Pedersen, Christian ^b   Peng, Chung Kang ^c   Goldberger, Ary L ^d   Huikuri, Heikki V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c Margret HA Rey Lab Nonlinear D   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

NASA DISCIPLINE CARDIOPULMONARY; NON-NASA CENTER;

AGED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; FRACTALS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RISK FACTORS; STROKE VOLUME; SURVIVAL RATE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0345628583     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(98)01076-5     Document Type: Article

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