Nonlinear analysis of the heartbeats in public patient ECGs using an automated PD2i algorithm for risk stratification of arrhythmic death

Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 549-557

  Skinner, James E ^a   Anchin, Jerry M ^a   Weiss, Daniel N ^a  

^a Vicor Technologies Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Chaos; Heart rate variability; Nonlinear; Sudden death; Ventricular arrhythmias

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEATH; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART BEAT; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PD2I ALGORITHM; PHYSIOBANK; RR INTERVAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 44049093571     PISSN: 11766336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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