Screening Device for Identification of Patients with Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation to Prevent Ischemic Strokes

Author

Wieland, S. ; Kikillus, N. ; Baas, T. ; Braecklein, M. ; Bolz, A.

Author_Institution

Univ. of Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe

fYear

2007

fDate

22-26 Aug. 2007

Firstpage

3693

Lastpage

3696

Abstract

The most frequently occurring cardiac arrhythmia in the adulthood is atrial fibrillation. In Germany, the number of sick people is estimated at 800.000. Patients who suffer from atrial fibrillation often do not sense any symptoms of the illness. Through the uncontrolled blood flow in the atrium, a blood clot, which can lead to the blood circulation for an embolism or for a stroke, can form itself. These persons must be recognized, because of their increased stroke risk in order to be able to attend it. In this work, the chest strap CorBelt, developed by the company Corscience GmbH&Co.KG, is equipped with an algorithm for the recognition of atrial fibrillation with the aid of heart rate variability.

Keywords

biomedical equipment; cardiovascular system; geriatrics; haemodynamics; medical computing; muscle; patient diagnosis; pattern recognition; Corscience GmbH&Co.KG company; Germany; atrial fibrillation recognition; blood circulation; blood clot; cardiac arrhythmia; chest strap CorBelt; heart rate variability; ischemic strokes prevention; paroxysmal atrial fibrillation patients; uncontrolled blood flow; Atrial fibrillation; Biomedical engineering; Blood flow; Electrocardiography; Europe; Hardware; Heart rate variability; Manufacturing; Medical diagnostic imaging; Pacemakers; Algorithms; Atrial Fibrillation; Brain Ischemia; Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted; Electrocardiography, Ambulatory; Equipment Design; Equipment Failure Analysis; Humans; Mass Screening; Stroke; Telemetry;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2007. EMBS 2007. 29th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Lyon

ISSN

1557-170X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0787-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4353133

Filename

4353133