Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Potapov I
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6178346 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Potapov Ilya I Latukka Joonas J Kim Jiyeong J Luukko Perttu P Aalto-Setälä Katriina K Räsänen Esa E
Scientific reports 20181009 1
The relation between the electrical properties of the heart and the beating rate is essential for the heart functioning. This relation is central when calculating the "corrected QT interval" - an important measure of the risk of potentially lethal arrhythmias. We use the transfer entropy method from information theory to quantitatively study the mutual dynamics of the ventricular action potential duration (the QT interval) and the length of the beat-to-beat (RR) interval. We show that for health ...[more]