Recurrence Plots: a New Tool for Quantification of Cardiac Autonomic Nervous System Recovery after Transplant

Abstract Objective: To evaluate a possible evolutionary post-heart transplant return of autonomic function using quantitative and qualitative information from recurrence plots. Methods: Using electrocardiography, 102 RR tachograms of 45 patients (64.4% male) who underwent heart transplantation and...

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Main Authors: Isabela Thomaz Takakura, Rosangela Akemi Hoshi, Márcio Antonio Santos, Flávio Correa Pivatelli, João Honorato Nóbrega, Débora Linhares Guedes, Victor Freire Nogueira, Tuane Queiroz Frota, Gabriel Castro Castelo, Moacir Fernandes de Godoy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia Cardiovascular
Series:Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-76382017000400245&lng=en&tlng=en