Abstract
Electrocardiogram (ECG) is an economic, convenient, and non-invasive detecting tool in myocardial ischemia (MI), and its clinical appearance is mainly exhibited by the changes in ST–T complex. Recently, QRS complex characters were proposed to analyze MI by more and more researchers. In this paper, various QRS complex characters were extracted in ECG signals, and their relationship was analyzed systematically. As a result, these characters were divided into two groups, and there existed good relationship among them for each group, while the poor relationship between the groups. Then these QRS complex characters were applied for statistical analysis on MI, and five characters had significant differences after ECG recording verification, which were: QRS upward and downward slopes, transient heart rate, angle R and angle Q. On the other hand, these QRS complex characters were analyzed in frequency domain. Experimental results showed that the frequency features of RR interval series (Heart Rate Variability, HRV), and QRS barycenter sequence had significant differences between MI states and normal states. Moreover, QRS barycenter sequence performed better.
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This study was supported in part by Research Funds of China space medical engineering (SJ201006).
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Song, J., Yan, H., Xu, Z. et al. Myocardial ischemia analysis based on electrocardiogram QRS complex. Australas Phys Eng Sci Med 34, 515–521 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13246-011-0099-8
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