Title :
Evaluation of approximate entropy for separation of ventricular tachycardia and fibrillation
Author :
Schuckers, S. A Caswell
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Electr. Eng., West Virginia Univ., Morgantown, WV, USA
Abstract :
Distinction of cardiac arrhythmias remains a critical problem with the advent of various automated medical devices, both implantable and external. This study focuses on the use of a classic measure of heart rate variability called approximate entropy for quantifying the amount of morphologic regularity in ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation
Keywords :
defibrillators; electrocardiography; entropy; medical signal processing; approximate entropy; automated medical devices; cardiac arrhythmias distinction; fibrillation; heart rate variability; implantable cardioverter defibrillators; intracardiac electrograms; morphologic regularity; ventricular tachycardia; Cardiology; Computer science; Defibrillation; Entropy; Fibrillation; Heart rate variability; Medical treatment; Rhythm; Samarium; Signal processing algorithms;
Conference_Titel :
[Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 1999. 21st Annual Conference and the 1999 Annual Fall Meetring of the Biomedical Engineering Society] BMES/EMBS Conference, 1999. Proceedings of the First Joint
Conference_Location :
Atlanta, GA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5674-8
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1999.802356
