An Overview of Heart Rate Variability Metrics and Norms

Healthy biological systems exhibit complex patterns of variability that can be described by mathematical chaos. Heart rate variability (HRV) consists of changes in the time intervals between consecutive heartbeats called interbeat intervals (IBIs). A healthy heart is not a metronome. The oscillation...

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Main Authors: Fred Shaffer, J. P. Ginsberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Public Health
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpubh.2017.00258/full