Methods derived from nonlinear dynamics for analysing heart rate variability

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 367, Issue 1887, 2009, Pages 277-296

  Voss, By Andreas ^a   Schulz, Steffen ^a   Schroeder, Rico ^a   Baumert, Mathias ^b   Caminal, Pere ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES JENA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cardiology; Chaos; Fractal; Heart rate variability; Nonlinear dynamics

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; FRACTALS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESES;

CHAOS; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; FRACTAL DYNAMICS; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART RATES; MULTIFRACTAL ANALYSIS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PATHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; RISK STRATIFICATION; SYMBOLIC DYNAMICS; VARIABILITY ANALYSIS;

DYNAMICS;

ALGORITHM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENTROPY; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ALGORITHMS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; ENTROPY; FRACTALS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 65849370276     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2008.0232     Document Type: Review

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