title: Nonlinear dynamics in sudden cardiac death syndrome: heartrate oscillations and bifurcations.
abstract: Patients at high risk of sudden cardiac death show evidence of nonlinear heartrate dynamics, including abrupt spectral changes (bifurcations) and sustained low frequency (.01-.04 Hz) oscillations in heartrate.
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Division, Beth Israel Hospital & Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215.
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Goldberger
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Rigney
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mietus
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Antman
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Greenwald
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006339:Heart Rate; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D013577:Syndrome; D013610:Tachycardia