Telemetric recording of the ventricular evoked response for noninvasive rejection monitoring after heart transplantation

Author

Schreier, Gunter ; Auer, T. ; Hutten, H. ; Schaldach, M. ; Müller, H. ; Iberer, F. ; Tscheliessnigg, KH

Author_Institution

Inst. fur Med., Joanneum Res., Graz, Austria

fYear

1994

fDate

3-6 Nov 1994

Firstpage

205

Abstract

Paced epicardial electrograms from heart transplants were recorded via implanted telemetric pacemakers. Signals were processed automatically and extracted parameters from the ventricular evoked response are compared to the degree of acute rejection according to histological findings from endomyocardial biopsy. Statistical analysis and an estimation of the diagnostic quality of this noninvasive method for detection of acute cardiac rejection are presented

Keywords

biomedical telemetry; electrocardiography; medical signal processing; surgery; acute cardiac rejection detection; acute rejection degree; diagnostic quality; endomyocardial biopsy; heart transplantation; histological findings; implanted telemetric pacemakers; noninvasive method; noninvasive rejection monitoring; paced epicardial electrograms; statistical analysis; telemetric recording; ventricular evoked response; Biomedical measurements; Biopsy; Electrodes; Heart; Monitoring; Pacemakers; Polarization; Signal processing; Statistical analysis; Surveillance; Telemetry;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1994. Engineering Advances: New Opportunities for Biomedical Engineers. Proceedings of the 16th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2050-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.1994.411819

Filename

411819