Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 32, Issue 7 , Pages 746-752 , September 2010

Analysis of heart rate variability in a rat model of induced pulmonary hypertension

  • Hernâni Gonçalves

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Geociências, Ambiente e Ordenamento do Território, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre 687, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +351 220402240.
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  • Tiago Henriques-Coelho

      Affiliations

    • Serviço de Fisiologia, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade do Porto, Alameda Prof. Hernâni Monteiro, 4200-319 Porto, Portugal
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  • João Bernardes

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade do Porto, Alameda Prof. Hernâni Monteiro, 4200-319 Porto, Portugal
    • Instituto Nacional de Engenharia Biomédica (INEB), Porto, Portugal
    • ,
  • Ana Paula Rocha

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Matemática, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre 687, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal
    • Centro de Matemática da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
    • ,
  • Ana Brandão-Nogueira

      Affiliations

    • Serviço de Fisiologia, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade do Porto, Alameda Prof. Hernâni Monteiro, 4200-319 Porto, Portugal
    • ,
  • Adelino Leite-Moreira

      Affiliations

    • Serviço de Fisiologia, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade do Porto, Alameda Prof. Hernâni Monteiro, 4200-319 Porto, Portugal

Received 21 August 2009 ,Revised 13 March 2010 ,Accepted 25 April 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2010.04.018

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 32, Issue 7 , Pages 746-752 , September 2010

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