title: Fascinating rhythm: a primer on chaos theory and its application to cardiology.
abstract: Nonlinear dynamics is an exciting new way of looking at peculiarities that in the past have been ignored or explained away. We have attempted to give a general introduction to the basics of the mathematics, applications to cardiology, and a brief review of the new tools needed to use the concepts of nonlinear mathematics. The careful mathematical approach to problems in cardiac electrical dynamics and blood flow is opening a window on behaviors and mechanisms previously inaccessible.
authors: Division of Cardiology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048.
authors: T A
authors: TA
authors: Denton
authors: G A
authors: GA
authors: Diamond
authors: R H
authors: RH
authors: Helfant
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Khan
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Karagueuzian
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000503:physiopathology; D055592:Biophysical Phenomena; D001703:Biophysics; D002309:Cardiology / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008433:Mathematics; D013598:Systems Theory