Combining Smart Card Technology and Tele-medicine System for Early Ischemia Detection

Convergence of apparently different technologies has become a major trend in telemedicine where the need for efficient solutions in critical situations has increased. Cardio-Vascular diseases (CVDs) are considered important causes of morbidity and mortality and they account for 60% of the deaths in Europe/United States. The early diagnosis of myocardial ischemia and continuous monitoring of these patients has become a focus point of research activities. The amount of data to be generated is enormous and this creats the need for evaluation and patient’s classification. This is where the two different technologies converge: Neural Networks for evaluation of recorded ECGs and Smart Cards for the classification per patient of prognostics/diagnostics.