Sometimes higher heart rate variability is not better heart rate variability: Results of graphical and nonlinear analyses

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 954-959

  Stein, Phyllis K ^a   Domitrovich, Peter P ^a   Hui, Nelson ^a   Rautaharju, Pentti ^b   Gottdiener, John ^c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Heart rate variability; Population study; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SINUS RHYTHM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ALGORITHM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; METHODOLOGY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ARRHYTHMIA, SINUS; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PREVALENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 24944492741     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2005.40788.x     Document Type: Article

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