Effects and significance of premature beats on fractal correlation properties of R-R interval dynamics

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 127-135

  Peltola, Mirja A ^a   Seppänen, Tapio ^a   Mäkikallio, Timo H ^a   Huikuri, Heikki V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Fractal correlation; Heart rate; Premature beats

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DYNAMICS; EXTRASYSTOLE; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RR INTERVAL; SINUS RHYTHM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIAC COMPLEXES, PREMATURE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTALS; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 2342662720     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-474X.2004.92531.x     Document Type: Article

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