Spectral characteristics of ventricular response to atrial fibrillation

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 273, Issue 6 42-6, 1997, Pages

  Hayano, Junichiro ^a   Yamasaki, Fumiyasu ^b   Sakata, Seiichiro ^a   Okada, Akiyoshi ^a   Mukai, Seiji ^a   Fujinami, Takao ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fractal; Heart failure; Heart rate variability; Power spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; MALE; NOISE MEASUREMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RR INTERVAL;

EID: 33750724778     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1997.273.6.h2811     Document Type: Article

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