Myocardium excitation velocity as a measure of the ANS cardiovascular control

Author

Khassanov, I. ; Schaldach, M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Biomed. Eng., Erlangen-Nurnberg Univ., Germany

Volume

1

fYear

1997

fDate

30 Oct-2 Nov 1997

Firstpage

172

Abstract

Modern development of the pacemaker technique enables reliable measurement of intracardiac signals, i.e. of the monophasic action potential (MAP) and of ventricular evoked response (VER), with their nondisturbed characteristic waveforms. The stability and specific ANS reactions of the signals have been validated. This allows one to follow the course of the myocardium excitation and to measure the excitation velocity which is a measure of the ANS cardiovascular control. An algorithm is proposed to define a control parameter that can be applied for the rate-adaptive pacing as well as for diagnostic purposes

Keywords

biocontrol; electrocardiography; muscle; neurophysiology; pacemakers; ANS cardiovascular control measure; algorithm; control parameter; diagnostic purposes; excitation velocity; monophasic action potential; myocardium excitation; myocardium excitation velocity; nondisturbed characteristic waveforms; pacemaker technique development; rate-adaptive pacing; ventricular evoked response; Biomedical measurements; Cardiology; Drugs; Heart; Ischemic pain; Muscles; Myocardium; Pacemakers; Velocity control; Velocity measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1997. Proceedings of the 19th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL

ISSN

1094-687X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4262-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.1997.754495

Filename

754495