ECG fingerprints of obstructed breathing in sleep apnea patients

Author

Maier, Christoph ; Odler, Vera R. ; Wenz, Heinrich ; Dickhaus, Hartmut

Author_Institution

Heilbronn Univ., Heilbronn, Germany

Volume

28

Issue

6

fYear

2009

Firstpage

41

Lastpage

48

Abstract

This article aims to identify the potential indicators of obstructive apnea (OA) in the ECG, based on the traces of QRS area from multiple ECG leads. We compare the difference in these traces´ phase relation found during and after each OA episode to the difference between the first and second half of the OA and between split halves of epochs of normal respiration (NR).

Keywords

electrocardiography; medical disorders; medical signal detection; patient diagnosis; pneumodynamics; ECG; QRS area; obstructed breathing; obstructive apnea; phase relation; respiration; sleep apnea patients; Abdomen; Amplitude modulation; Belts; Diseases; Electrocardiography; Fingerprint recognition; Frequency estimation; Medical treatment; Sleep apnea; Ventilation; Algorithms; Area Under Curve; Electrocardiogram Pattern; Humans; Movement; Polysomnography; Pulmonary Ventilation; ROC Curve; Respiration; Sensitivity and Specificity; Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; Sleep Apnea Syndromes;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0739-5175

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MEMB.2009.934907

Filename

5335718