Fantasia Database

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This database is described in

Iyengar N, Peng C-K, Morin R, Goldberger AL, Lipsitz LA. Age-related alterations in the fractal scaling of cardiac interbeat interval dynamics. Am J Physiol 1996;271:1078-1084. [Abstract]

Please cite this publication when referencing this material, and also include the standard citation for PhysioNet:

Goldberger AL, Amaral LAN, Glass L, Hausdorff JM, Ivanov PCh, Mark RG, Mietus JE, Moody GB, Peng C-K, Stanley HE. PhysioBank, PhysioToolkit, and PhysioNet: Components of a New Research Resource for Complex Physiologic Signals. Circulation 101(23):e215-e220 [Circulation Electronic Pages; http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/101/23/e215.full]; 2000 (June 13).

Twenty young (21 - 34 years old) and twenty elderly (68 - 85 years old) rigorously-screened healthy subjects underwent 120 minutes of continuous supine resting while continuous electrocardiographic (ECG), and respiration signals were collected; in half of each group, the recordings also include an uncalibrated continuous non-invasive blood pressure signal. Each subgroup of subjects includes equal numbers of men and women.

All subjects remained in a resting state in sinus rhythm while watching the movie Fantasia (Disney, 1940) to help maintain wakefulness. The continuous ECG, respiration, and (where available) blood pressure signals were digitized at 250 Hz. Each heartbeat was annotated using an automated arrhythmia detection algorithm, and each beat annotation was verified by visual inspection.

Records f1y01, f1y02, ... f1y10 and f2y01, f2y02, ... f2y10) were obtained from the young cohort, and records f1o01, f1o02, ... f1o10 and f2o01, f2o02, ... f2o10) were obtained from the elderly cohort. Each group of subjects includes equal numbers of men and women. Each record includes ECG (with beat annotations) and respiration, and half of those in each group (the f2* records) include a blood pressure waveform, as noted above.

The beat annotations for a subset of these recordings were previously available in a different format; these are still available here.

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[PARENTDIR] Parent Directory                             -   
[DIR] subset/                 2016-10-18 16:49    -   
[   ] DOI                     2015-09-21 13:00   19   
[   ] ANNOTATORS              2003-03-02 15:29   58   list of annotators
[   ] f1y06.hea               2009-03-14 08:48  121   header file
[   ] f1o04.hea               2009-03-14 08:48  122   header file
[   ] f1y09.hea               2009-03-14 08:48  122   header file
[   ] f1o01.hea               2009-03-14 08:48  123   header file
[   ] f1y01.hea               2009-03-14 08:48  123   header file
[   ] f1y08.hea               2009-03-14 08:48  123   header file
[   ] f1o05.hea               2009-03-14 08:48  124   header file
[   ] f1o09.hea               2009-03-14 08:48  124   header file
[   ] f1o10.hea               2009-03-14 08:48  124   header file
[   ] f1y03.hea               2009-03-14 08:48  124   header file
[   ] f1y05.hea               2009-03-14 08:48  124   header file
[   ] f1y10.hea               2009-03-14 08:48  124   header file
[   ] f1o02.hea               2009-03-14 08:48  125   header file
[   ] f1o03.hea               2009-03-14 08:48  125   header file
[   ] f1o06.hea               2009-03-14 08:48  125   header file
[   ] f1o08.hea               2009-03-14 08:48  125   header file
[   ] f1y02.hea               2009-03-14 08:48  125   header file
[   ] f1y04.hea               2009-03-14 08:48  125   header file
[   ] f1y07.hea               2009-03-14 08:48  125   header file
[   ] f1o07.hea               2009-03-14 08:48  126   header file
[   ] f2o04.hea               2017-08-10 12:03  156   header file
[   ] f2o01.hea               2017-07-27 12:35  157   header file
[   ] f2y01.hea               2003-02-27 00:26  158   header file
[   ] f2o03.hea               2017-08-10 12:03  159   header file
[   ] f2o09.hea               2017-08-10 12:03  159   header file
[   ] f2o06.hea               2003-02-27 00:28  160   header file
[   ] f2o10.hea               2017-08-10 12:03  160   header file
[   ] f2y02.hea               2003-02-27 00:25  160   header file
[   ] f2y05.hea               2017-08-10 12:03  160   header file
[   ] f2y06.hea               2017-08-10 12:03  160   header file
[   ] f2y07.hea               2017-08-10 12:03  160   header file
[   ] f2y08.hea               2017-08-10 12:03  160   header file
[   ] f2o02.hea               2003-02-27 00:21  161   header file
[   ] f2o05.hea               2017-08-10 12:03  161   header file
[   ] f2y03.hea               2003-02-27 00:24  161   header file
[   ] f2y10.hea               2003-02-27 00:22  162   header file
[   ] f2y04.hea               2003-02-27 00:24  163   header file
[   ] f2y09.hea               2003-02-27 00:23  163   header file
[   ] f2o07.hea               2003-02-21 12:06  164   header file
[   ] f2o08.hea               2017-08-10 12:03  164   header file
[   ] RECORDS                 2003-03-02 15:27  240   list of record names
[   ] MD5SUMS                 2013-05-02 09:49  5.3K  
[   ] SHA1SUMS                2013-05-02 09:49  6.3K  
[   ] SHA256SUMS              2013-05-02 09:50  9.2K  
[   ] f1o09.ecg               1995-02-24 18:51  9.6K  corrected annotations
[   ] f2o06.ecg               2001-10-05 10:39   10K  corrected annotations
[   ] f1y04.ecg               1994-04-06 14:59   11K  corrected annotations
[   ] f1o05.ecg               1995-01-11 00:39   11K  corrected annotations
[   ] f2o07.ecg               2001-10-05 10:40   12K  corrected annotations
[   ] f1y07.ecg               1994-03-31 15:14   12K  corrected annotations
[   ] f2o09.ecg               2001-10-05 10:41   12K  corrected annotations
[   ] f1o06.ecg               1995-01-11 21:36   12K  corrected annotations
[   ] f1o04.ecg               1994-11-25 18:40   12K  corrected annotations
[   ] f2o02.ecg               2013-05-02 09:03   12K  corrected annotations
[   ] f2o02.ecg-              2001-10-05 11:25   12K  corrected annotations
[   ] f2y07.ecg               2001-10-05 10:47   13K  corrected annotations
[   ] f2o03.ecg               2001-10-05 10:37   13K  corrected annotations
[   ] f2y02.ecg               2001-10-05 10:43   13K  corrected annotations
[   ] f2y03.ecg               2001-10-05 10:44   13K  corrected annotations
[   ] f1o02.ecg               1994-07-21 20:28   13K  corrected annotations
[   ] f2y06.ecg               2001-10-05 10:46   13K  corrected annotations
[   ] f2o04.ecg               2001-10-05 10:37   13K  corrected annotations
[   ] f1y05.ecg               1994-08-15 15:13   14K  corrected annotations
[   ] f1y02.ecg               1994-07-21 20:52   14K  corrected annotations
[   ] f1y06.ecg               1994-06-25 17:38   14K  corrected annotations
[   ] f2y10.ecg               2001-10-05 10:49   14K  corrected annotations
[   ] f1o07.ecg               1995-05-30 10:37   14K  corrected annotations
[   ] f1o01.ecg               1994-09-27 22:48   14K  corrected annotations
[   ] f1o03.ecg               1994-08-15 15:02   14K  corrected annotations
[   ] f2o01.ecg               2001-10-05 10:35   14K  corrected annotations
[   ] f2o08.ecg               2001-10-05 10:40   14K  corrected annotations
[   ] f1y08.ecg               1995-01-11 21:53   14K  corrected annotations
[   ] f2y08.ecg               2001-10-05 10:47   15K  corrected annotations
[   ] f1y03.ecg               1994-04-05 16:02   15K  corrected annotations
[   ] f1y09.ecg               1995-02-24 18:03   16K  corrected annotations
[   ] f2y01.ecg               2001-10-05 10:42   16K  corrected annotations
[   ] f1o10.ecg               1995-01-11 22:11   16K  corrected annotations
[   ] f2o10.ecg               2001-10-05 10:42   16K  corrected annotations
[   ] f2o05.ecg               2001-10-05 10:38   17K  corrected annotations
[   ] f1o08.ecg               1994-06-07 12:38   17K  corrected annotations
[   ] f2y04.ecg               2001-10-05 10:45   17K  corrected annotations
[   ] f1y01.ecg               1994-05-05 14:45   17K  corrected annotations
[   ] f1y10.ecg               1994-06-25 18:19   17K  corrected annotations
[   ] f2y09.ecg               2001-10-05 10:48   18K  corrected annotations
[   ] f2y05.ecg               2001-10-05 10:45   18K  corrected annotations
[   ] f1o05.dat               1995-01-09 22:04  5.9M  digitized signal(s)
[   ] f1o08.dat               1994-06-06 10:20  6.9M  digitized signal(s)
[   ] f1y09.dat               1995-02-24 17:08  6.9M  digitized signal(s)
[   ] f1y06.dat               1994-06-08 10:20  6.9M  digitized signal(s)
[   ] f1y01.dat               1994-05-05 10:51  6.9M  digitized signal(s)
[   ] f1y04.dat               1994-04-06 08:50  6.9M  digitized signal(s)
[   ] f1y02.dat               1994-07-21 14:42  6.9M  digitized signal(s)
[   ] f1y07.dat               2003-02-21 12:05  6.9M  digitized signal(s)
[   ] f1o07.dat               1995-04-28 22:06  6.9M  digitized signal(s)
[   ] f1o09.dat               1995-02-24 17:28  6.9M  digitized signal(s)
[   ] f1y10.dat               1994-05-11 10:22  6.9M  digitized signal(s)
[   ] f1o02.dat               1994-07-21 14:16  6.9M  digitized signal(s)
[   ] f1o04.dat               1994-11-25 17:51  6.9M  digitized signal(s)
[   ] f1o01.dat               1994-09-27 22:49  6.9M  digitized signal(s)
[   ] f1o10.dat               1995-01-09 23:24  6.9M  digitized signal(s)
[   ] f1o03.dat               1994-07-26 11:26  6.9M  digitized signal(s)
[   ] f1y03.dat               2003-02-21 12:05  6.9M  digitized signal(s)
[   ] f1o06.dat               1995-01-09 22:24  6.9M  digitized signal(s)
[   ] f1y08.dat               1995-01-09 22:44  7.0M  digitized signal(s)
[   ] f1y05.dat               1994-08-12 11:31  7.0M  digitized signal(s)
[   ] f2o10.dat               2017-08-10 12:04  7.3M  digitized signal(s)
[   ] f2o03.dat               2017-08-10 12:03  7.5M  digitized signal(s)
[   ] f2o01.dat               2017-07-27 12:35  7.5M  digitized signal(s)
[   ] f2y07.dat               2017-08-10 12:04  7.5M  digitized signal(s)
[   ] f2o06.dat               2003-02-21 12:06  7.5M  digitized signal(s)
[   ] f2y05.dat               2017-08-10 12:04  7.5M  digitized signal(s)
[   ] f2y06.dat               2017-08-10 12:04  7.5M  digitized signal(s)
[   ] f2o08.dat               2017-08-10 12:03  7.5M  digitized signal(s)
[   ] f2o02.dat               2003-02-21 12:06  7.5M  digitized signal(s)
[   ] f2o07.dat               2003-02-21 12:06  7.5M  digitized signal(s)
[   ] f2y03.dat               2003-02-21 12:06  7.5M  digitized signal(s)
[   ] f2o04.dat               2017-08-10 12:03  7.5M  digitized signal(s)
[   ] f2o05.dat               2017-08-10 12:03  7.6M  digitized signal(s)
[   ] f2o09.dat               2017-08-10 12:03  7.6M  digitized signal(s)
[   ] f2y04.dat               2003-02-21 12:06  7.6M  digitized signal(s)
[   ] f2y01.dat               2003-02-21 12:06  7.6M  digitized signal(s)
[   ] f2y10.dat               2003-02-21 12:06  7.7M  digitized signal(s)
[   ] f2y09.dat               2003-02-21 12:06  7.7M  digitized signal(s)
[   ] f2y08.dat               2017-08-10 12:04  7.8M  digitized signal(s)
[   ] f2y02.dat               2003-02-21 12:06   10M  digitized signal(s)

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