A Java software for calculating mean breath-by-breath variability in gas exchange parameters: Application in young cardiac patients with exercise-related periodic breathing

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 89-92

  Vangesselen, Steven ^a,b   Weymans, Maria ^b   Mertens, Luc ^c   Gewillig, Marc ^c   Reybrouck, Tony ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Section of Cardiorespiratory Rehabilitation   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Exercise testing; Gas exchange; Periodic breathing; Variability

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; PATIENT TREATMENT; RESEARCH; VENTILATION;

BREATH; GAS EXCHANGE; OSCILLATORY CHANGES;

JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE;

AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CALCULATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA ANALYSIS; EXERCISE; GAS EXCHANGE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH;

BELGIUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EXERCISE TEST; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; SOFTWARE;

EID: 25144446912     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2005.06.008     Document Type: Article

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