Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 32, Issue 2 , Pages 161-167 , March 2010

Association of cardiac autonomic neuropathy with alteration of sympatho-vagal balance through heart rate variability analysis

  • Ahsan H. Khandoker

      Affiliations

    • Dept. of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Grattan Street, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61 383447966.
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  • Herbert F. Jelinek

      Affiliations

    • School of Community Health and Centre for Research in Complex Systems, Charles Sturt University, Albury, New South Wales, Australia
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  • Toshio Moritani

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Applied Physiology, Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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  • Marimuthu Palaniswami

      Affiliations

    • Dept. of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Grattan Street, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia

Received 30 June 2009 ,Revised 6 November 2009 ,Accepted 8 November 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2009.11.005

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 32, Issue 2 , Pages 161-167 , March 2010

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