Advances in heart rate variability signal analysis: Joint position statement by the e-Cardiology ESC Working Group and the European Heart Rhythm Association co-endorsed by the Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society

Europace

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1341-1353

  Sassi, Roberto ^a   Cerutti, Sergio ^b   Lombardi, Federico ^a   Malik, Marek ^c   Huikuri, Heikki V ^d   Peng, Chung Kang ^e,f   Schmidt, Georg ^g,h   Yamamoto, Yoshiharu ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^h DZHK GERMAN CENTRE FOR CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Entropy; Fractal signals; Heart rate variability; Nonlinear dynamics; Risk stratification; Signal analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; ENTROPY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FOLLOW UP; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; FRACTIONAL DIMENSIONALITY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RATE AND RHYTHM; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION SCIENCE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OSCILLATION; PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; SYSTEMS THEORY; ASIA; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CARDIOLOGY; DEVICES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EUROPE; HEART RATE; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES;

ASIA; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CARDIOLOGY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EUROPE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 84942240394     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euv015     Document Type: Article

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