Factors affecting the sensitivity of computerized ECG analysis in identifying previous myocardial infarction

Author

Perz, S. ; Gehring, J. ; Holle, R. ; Kufner, R. ; Mielck, A.

Author_Institution

GSF, Inst. of Med. Inf. & Syst. Res., Neuherberg, Germany

fYear

1999

fDate

6/21/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

671

Lastpage

674

Abstract

We investigated to what extent the ECG sensitivity in identifying previous myocardial infarctions (MI) is affected by the clinical/epidemiological criteria having been used in the acute MI stage. The sensitivity was determined analyzing the 12 lead resting ECGs during a follow-up of 432 long-term survivors who suffered three to 13 years ago from MI. The ECG analysis in the follow-up was performed using the Hannover ECG program. The sensitivity values determined ranged from 61.3% up to 88.4% depending on the criteria used for case selection

Keywords

diseases; electrocardiography; medical diagnostic computing; medical signal processing; muscle; ECG sensitivity; Hannover ECG program; acute myocardial infarction stage; case selection; clinical/epidemiological criteria; computerized ECG analysis; long-term survivors; previous myocardial infarctions; sensitivity values; twelve lead resting electrocardiographs; Biochemistry; Biomedical informatics; Cardiology; Cardiovascular diseases; Diabetes; Electrocardiography; Graphics; Myocardium; Performance analysis; Registers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computers in Cardiology, 1999

Conference_Location

Hannover

ISSN

0276-6547

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5614-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CIC.1999.826060

Filename

826060