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Multifractality in human heartbeat dynamics.

P C Ivanov1, L A Amaral, A L Goldberger

  • 1Center for Polymer Studies and Department of Physics, Boston University, Massachusetts 02215, USA. plamen@buphy.bu.edu

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|June 12, 1999
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Healthy heartbeats exhibit complex multifractal patterns. This multifractality is lost in congestive heart failure, indicating a significant change in heart rate dynamics during disease.

Area of Science:

  • Physiology
  • Complex Systems
  • Nonlinear Dynamics

Background:

  • Physiological signals under healthy conditions may possess fractal temporal structures.
  • Complex processes, termed multifractal, require numerous exponents to characterize scaling properties.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if time series from physiological control systems, specifically the human heartbeat, are multifractal.
  • To determine if multifractality and nonlinear properties of heart rate are encoded in Fourier phases.
  • To assess changes in multifractality associated with congestive heart failure.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of time series data from healthy human heartbeats.
  • Application of multifractal analysis techniques.
  • Examination of Fourier phase properties to understand nonlinear dynamics.
Keywords:
NASA Discipline CardiopulmonaryNon-NASA Center

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Main Results:

  • Evidence for multifractality in the healthy human heartbeat was found.
  • The multifractal characteristics and nonlinear properties of healthy heart rate are encoded in Fourier phases.
  • A loss of multifractality was observed in patients with congestive heart failure.

Conclusions:

  • The healthy human heartbeat exhibits multifractal dynamics.
  • Fourier phases contain information about the nonlinear and multifractal nature of heart rate.
  • Loss of multifractality is a potential biomarker for congestive heart failure.