Physics – Biological Physics
Scientific paper
2006-03-16
Journal of Biological Physcis (2006)
Physics
Biological Physics
6 pages, two columns, 6 figures
Scientific paper
We describe a method for analyzing the stochasticity in the non-stationary data for the beat-to-beat fluctuations in the heart rates of healthy subjects, as well as those with congestive heart failure. The method analyzes the returns time series of the data as a Markov process, and computes the Markov time scale, i.e., the time scale over which the data are a Markov process. We also construct an effective stochastic continuum equation for the return series. We show that the drift and diffusion coefficients, as well as the amplitude of the returns time series for healthy subjects are distinct from those with CHF. Thus, the method may potentially provide a diagnostic tool for distinguishing healthy subjects from those with congestive heart failure, as it can distinguish small differences between the data for the two classes of subjects in terms of well-defined and physically-motivated quantities.
Ghasemi Fatemeh
Peinke Joachim
Rahimi Tabar Reza M.
Sahimi Muhammad
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