In this paper, we propose a QRS complex detector based on the Mallat and Hwang singularity analysis algorithm which uses dyadic wavelet transform. We design a spline wavelet that is suitable for QRS detection. The scales of this decomposition are chosen based on the spectral characteristics of electrocardiogram records. By proceeding with the multiscale analysis we can find the location of a ra...

AIMS Transgenic mice are frequently used to investigate the role of genes involved in cardiac conduction. The QRS duration calculated from the electrocardiogram (ECG) is a commonly used measure for ventricular conduction time. However, the relation between ventricular activation and QRS duration calculated from a mouse surface ECG is not well understood. We aim to relate ventricular activation ...

To improve the predictive accuracy of the signal-averaged electrocardiogram, we created a linear logistic model for predicting ventricular tachycardia during electrophysiologic testing. This signal-averaged electrocardiographic model was created from data obtained from 214 patients undergoing electrophysiologic testing (70 had ventricular tachycardia during electrophysiologic testing) by using ...

Background: Standard 12-lead ECG is widely used initial screening test for non-invasive detection of cardiovascular changes in obesity. It is seen that obesity is associated with leftward shift of the P wave, QRS and T wave axis, various changes in the P wave morphology, and low QRS voltage, which remain asymptomatic and hence undiagnosed for a longer period of time. Objectives: To study and co...

BACKGROUND Differential diagnosis of wide QRS complex tachycardias using the 12-lead ECG may be difficult in many clinical settings. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to determine the value of ECG lead II, specifically, the duration at its beginning, defined as R-wave peak time (RWPT), in differentiating ventricular tachycardia (VT) from supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) in patients wi...

BACKGROUND Terminal QRS complex distortion on admission is a simple and reliable predictor of infarct size in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). It is uncertain, however, whether this reflects reduced myocardial perfusion of the infarct area and a larger area of the myocardium at risk. This study was conducted to investigate whether terminal QRS distortion complex on admission is ...

Background Blood is rapidly ejected from the left ventricle during early systole, travels in the aortic arch perpendicular to the MRI’s main field, thus generating a Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) voltage which is larger than the real ECG QRS complex in high field MRI. The MHD voltage (VMHD) is severally irregular in patients with arrhythmia, since arrhythmic ECG beats are interleaved between succes...

Accurate detection of QRS complexes is essential for the investigation of heart rate variability. Several transform techniques have been proposed and extensively used for the detection and analysis of QRS complexes. In this proposed work, the de-noised ECG signal is subjected to a modified S-transform for QRS complex detection.The performance analysis of the proposed work is evaluated using par...

BACKGROUND There were few studies on the relation between the body surface distribution of high- and low-frequency components within the QRS complex and ventricular tachycardia (VT). METHODS AND RESULTS Eighty-seven signal-averaged ECGs were obtained from 30 normal subjects (N group) and 30 patients with previous anterior myocardial infarction (MI) with VT (MI-VT[+] group, n = 10) or without ...

IN COMMON vectoreardiographic practice, vector loops are recorded in three plalne projections that are perpendicular to one another (frontal, sagittal, and horizontal planes). The arbitrary choice of these planes has been derived from body axes rather than from the spatial orientation of the vectorcardiogram or the heart itself. Several investigators1'-" have proposed, therefore, to replace the...