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Velocity tracking of cardiac vector loops to identify signs of stress-induced ischaemia

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MEDICAL & BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING & COMPUTING
卷 60, 期 5, 页码 1313-1321

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SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s11517-022-02503-5

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Exercise-induced myocardial ischaemia; Vectorcardiogram; Angular velocity; Quaternion theory

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  1. CONICET [112-20130100552CO]
  2. Agencia MINCYT, Argentina [PICT 2145-2016]
  3. UTN BA [ICUTIBA0006564TC]

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Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a major cause of death worldwide. Traditional indices show insufficient diagnostic performance. This study proposes the use of quaternion methods to evaluate abnormal alterations during ventricular depolarization and repolarization. The findings suggest that maximum linear velocity during ventricular depolarization and maximum angular velocity during the second half of the repolarization loop are significant markers for differentiating ischemic and non-ischemic patients.
Coronary artery disease (CAD) is among the leading causes of death worldwide. Initial studies require an electrocardiogram stress test often followed by cardiac imaging procedures. However, conventional indices still show insufficient diagnostic performance. We propose quaternion methods to evaluate abnormal alterations during ventricular depolarization and repolarization. Assessment was conducted during a Bruce protocol treadmill stress test and after the end of the exercise. We developed an algorithm to automatically determine the beginning and end of exercise and then, computed the angular and linear velocities. Statistical analysis for feature selection and classification between ischaemic and non-ischaemic patients was used. The most significant markers were maximum linear velocity during ventricular depolarization (p < 5E-9) and maximum angular velocity during the second half of the repolarization loop (p < 5E-16). The latter reached sensitivity / specificity pair of 78 / 92 (AUC 0.89). A linear classifier showed a trend of reduction in cardiac vector velocity in at-risk patients after the end of exercise. The sensitivity / specificity pair reached was 86 / 100. Trajectory deviations of depolarization / repolarization loops that result from ischaemia effects, could be responsible for the observed reduction in dynamic changes during exercise. Further studies could provide non-invasive complementary tools to detect CAD risk. Graphical abstract This data is mandatory, please provide

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