Entropy analysis in cardiac arrythmias
Healthy human heart rate is characterized by oscillations observed in intervals between consecutive heartbeats (RR intervals). Conventional methods of heart rate variability analysis measure the overall magnitude of RR interval fluctuations around its mean value or the magnitude of fluctuations in predetermined frequencies. The new methods of chaos theory and nonlinear dynamics provide powerful tools, which allow to predict clinical outcome in patients with cardiovascular diseases. The main aim...