Towards Ventricular Arrhythmia Prediction from ECG Signals

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  • Gustavo Santos
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The Problem Ventricular fibrillation (VF) is one of the main causes of sudden cardiac death in the Western world. It is a type of arrhythmia that causes the heart to beat chaotically, rendering it unable to pump blood. VF is usually preceded by ventricular tachycardia (VT), which is another type of arrhythmia that also constitutes a medical emergency. It is crucial for the patient to receive immediate medical intervention when either VF or VT occurs, so a method that predicts their occurrence even a few seconds in advance can potentially save lives. The goal of this research is to investigate the possibility of predicting ventricular arrhythmias from an electrocardiogram (ECG) signal, which is a measurement of the cardiac electrical activity.

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تاریخ انتشار 2006