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The universality of ‘chaotic’ dynamics in mathematical and physical systems [1–4] has prompted renewed interest in the application of nonlinear analysis to biological processes [4,5]. Attention has also focused on the physiological and medical implications of these concepts [4,6–11]. The prevailing viewpoint is that the dynamics of health are ordered arra regular and that a variety of pathologies represent a bifurcation to chaos [6,9,12]. For example, Smith and Cohen [9] advanced the hypothesis that ventricular fibrillation, the arrhythmia most commonly associated with sudden cardiac death, is a turbulent process (cardiac chaos) that may result from a subharmonic bifurcation (period-doubling) mechanism.
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Goldberger, A.L., West, B.J. (1987). Chaos in Physiology: Health or Disease?. In: Degn, H., Holden, A.V., Olsen, L.F. (eds) Chaos in Biological Systems. NATO ASI Series, vol 138. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9631-5_1
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