Heart rate variability during pulse photoplethysmography decreased amplitude fluctuations and its correlation with apneic episodes

Computers in Cardiology

Volumn 33, Issue , 2006, Pages 165-168

  Gil, Eduardo ^a   Mendez, M O ^b   Villantieri, O ^b   Mateo, J ^a   Vergara, J M ^c   Bianchi, A M ^b   Laguna, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MIGUEL SERVET   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SLEEP RESEARCH; TESTING;

AMPLITUDE FLUCTUATIONS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; ONE WAY; PARAMETER-TIME; PHOTO-PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PHOTOPLETYSMOGRAPHY; REPEATED MEASURES; SLEEP STUDIES; STATISTICAL DIFFERENCES; SYMPATHETIC ACTIVITIES; T-TESTS; WIGNER-VILLE DISTRIBUTION;

HEART VALVE PROSTHESES;

EID: 38049026977     PISSN: 02766574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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