| Title | Application of statistical physics to heartbeat diagnosis. | | Author(s) | Havlin S, Amaral LA, Ashkenazy Y, Goldberger AL, Ivanov PCh , Peng CK, Stanley HE | | Institution | Department of Physics, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel. havlin@phys9.ph.biu.ac.il | | Source | Physica A 1999 Dec 1; 274(1-2):99-110. | | MeSH | Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Biophysics
Comparative Study
Death, Sudden, Cardiac
Diabetes Mellitus
Female
Fractals
Heart Failure, Congestive
Heart Rate
Humans
Male
Mathematics
Middle Aged
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
| | Abstract | We present several recent studies based on statistical physics concepts that can be used as diagnostic tools for heart failure. We describe the scaling exponent characterizing the long-range correlations in heartbeat time series as well as the multifractal features recently discovered in heartbeat rhythm. It is found that both features, the long-range correlations and the multifractility, are weaker in cases of heart failure. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
| | PubMed ID | 11543157 |
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