Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 31, Issue 6 , Pages 660-667 , July 2009

Characterization of the nonlinear content of the heart rate dynamics during myocardial ischemia

  • Raul Benitez

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    • Automatic Control Department, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), C/Compte d’Urgell 187, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +34 93 401 18 35.
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  • Enrique Alvarez-Lacalle

      Affiliations

    • Applied Physics Department, UPC, Av. Doctor Maranon 44-50, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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  • Blas Echebarria

      Affiliations

    • Applied Physics Department, UPC, Av. Doctor Maranon 44-50, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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  • Pedro Gomis

      Affiliations

    • Automatic Control Department, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), C/Compte d’Urgell 187, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
    • Biomedical Engineering Research Center, UPC, C/Pau Gargallo 5, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
    • CIBER de Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina (CIBER-BBN).
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  • Montserrat Vallverdu

      Affiliations

    • Automatic Control Department, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), C/Compte d’Urgell 187, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
    • Biomedical Engineering Research Center, UPC, C/Pau Gargallo 5, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
    • CIBER de Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina (CIBER-BBN).
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  • Pere Caminal

      Affiliations

    • Automatic Control Department, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), C/Compte d’Urgell 187, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
    • Biomedical Engineering Research Center, UPC, C/Pau Gargallo 5, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
    • CIBER de Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina (CIBER-BBN).

Received 9 July 2008 ,Revised 9 December 2008 ,Accepted 24 December 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2008.12.006

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 31, Issue 6 , Pages 660-667 , July 2009

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