Title :
Arrhythmia sensing and detection by a software-based arrhythmia control system
Author :
Lu, Richard M T ; Haeusler, P. ; McCulloch, R.
Author_Institution :
Telectron. Pacing Syst., Sydney, NSW, Australia
Abstract :
A microprocessor-based arrhythmia control system (ACS) has been developed to provide comprehensive automatic control of certain cardiac arrhythmias, including ventricular bradycardia, ventricular tachycardia (VT), and ventricular fibrillation (VF). A dual sensing system, three tachycardia detection algorithms, and two tachycardia confirmation algorithms are used to sense, detect, and confirm cardiac arrhythmias. These algorithms and the sensing system of the ACS have been tested with 27 VT/VF episodes of human intracardiac electrograms. The results demonstrated that the ACS can sense, detect, and confirm human cardiac arrhythmias appropriately
Keywords :
electrocardiography; medical diagnostic computing; ECG; arrhythmia detection; arrhythmia sensing; dual sensing system; human intracardiac electrograms; medical computing; microprocessor-based arrhythmia control system; software-based arrhythmia control system; tachycardia confirmation algorithms; tachycardia detection algorithms; ventricular bradycardia; ventricular fibrillation; ventricular tachycardia; Catheters; Control systems; Detection algorithms; Hardware; Implants; Medical treatment; Rhythm; Signal detection; Software testing; System testing;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1989. Images of the Twenty-First Century., Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1989.95696
