Automatic filtering of outliers in RR intervals before analysis of heart rate variability in Holter recordings: a comparison with carefully edited data

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Undetected arrhythmic beats seriously affect the power spectrum of the heart rate variability (HRV). Therefore, the series of RR intervals are normally carefully edited before HRV is analysed, but this is a time consuming procedure w...

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Main Authors: Karlsson Marcus, Hörnsten Rolf, Rydberg Annika, Wiklund Urban
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-01-01
Series:BioMedical Engineering OnLine
Online Access:http://www.biomedical-engineering-online.com/content/11/1/2