Deterministic chaos and fractal complexity in the dynamics of cardiovascular behavior: Perspectives on a new frontier

Open Cardiovascular Medicine Journal

Volumn 3, Issue , 2009, Pages 110-123

  Sharma, Vijay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Cardiac conduction; Chaos theory; Circadian rhythms; Complexity; Emergence; Evolution; Fractal mathematics; Heart function; Metabolism; Network analysis; Physiological time; Self organization; Systems biology; Temperospatial organization; Ultradian rhythms; Vascular function; Vasomotion

Indexed keywords

BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CELL LEVEL; CHAOS THEORY; CHAOTIC DYNAMICS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART FUNCTION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE FIBER; REVIEW;

EID: 77953391669     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18741924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874192400903010110     Document Type: Review

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