Title :
Subcutaneous detection of acute myocardial infarction — preliminary results
Author :
Wesselink, Wilbert ; Hampton, David ; Splett, Vince ; Musley, Shailesh
Author_Institution :
Medtronic Subcutaneous Diagnostics & Monitoring, Arnhem
Abstract :
The early detection of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is a critical success factor in the treatment of patients suffering from it. In order to prevent patients from delaying seeking medical care, a subcutaneous AMI detection and alerting device is proposed. Pre-clinical data from experiments with acute ischemic pig models show that it is possible to capture ECG changes resulting from acute coronary artery occlusion with a subcutaneously implanted single lead ECG recorder. Moreover, these ECG changes correspond well with the simultaneously recorded surface ECG.
Keywords :
biomedical electrodes; electrocardiography; medical signal detection; patient diagnosis; ECG change; acute coronary artery occlusion; acute ischemic pig model; acute myocardial infarction; patient treatment; single lead ECG recorder; subcutaneous AMI detection; Ambient intelligence; Animals; Arteries; Biomedical monitoring; Delay; Electrocardiography; Heart; Medical diagnostic imaging; Medical treatment; Myocardium;
Conference_Titel :
Medical Devices and Biosensors, 2008. ISSS-MDBS 2008. 5th International Summer School and Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Hong Kong
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2252-4
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2253-1
DOI :
10.1109/ISSMDBS.2008.4575052
