Fetal magnetocardiography: Time intervals and heart rate variability

Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 2004, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Van Leeuwen, Peter ^a,b  

^a Res/Devmt Center for Microtherapy   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiac time intervals; Congenital heart defects; Fetal magnetocardiography; Gestational age; Growth retardation; Heart rate variability

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE; ARTICLE; BIOMAGNETISM; BREATHING MECHANICS; CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; DATA ANALYSIS; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS HEART RATE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; FUTUROLOGY; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DISEASE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAGNETOCARDIOGRAPHY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NORMAL VALUE; P WAVE; PATHOLOGY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PR INTERVAL; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; QRS COMPLEX; SPECTROSCOPY; TIME;

EID: 29144490698     PISSN: 15268748     EISSN: 15268748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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