Identifying diabetic patients with cardiac autonomic neuropathy by heart rate complexity analysis

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Cardiac autonomic neuropathy (CAN) in diabetes has been called a "silent killer", because so few patients realize that they suffer from it, and yet its effect can be lethal. Early sub clinical detection of CAN and intervent...

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Main Authors: Palaniswami Marimuthu, Jelinek Herbert F, Khandoker Ahsan H
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-01-01
Series:BioMedical Engineering OnLine
Online Access:http://www.biomedical-engineering-online.com/content/8/1/3