Title :
Atrial fibrillation source identification
Author :
Vaizurs, Raja Sarath Chandra Prasad ; Sankar, Ravi ; Leonelli, Fabio
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
fDate :
Aug. 30 2011-Sept. 3 2011
Abstract :
Atrial Fibrillation, a common arrhythmia accompanied by an increased morbidity and mortality remains difficult to treat either with medications or invasive procedures. Targeted destruction of atrial fibrillation triggers offers the best hope for permanent resolution of the arrhythmia. In this work, identification of atrial triggers is based on the analysis of complex endocardial recordings. Here, we propose a novel algorithm to detect the source of atrial fibrillation by classifying the signals originating from the four pulmonary veins in the left atrium.
Keywords :
bioelectric potentials; blood vessels; cardiovascular system; medical disorders; medical signal processing; signal classification; arrhythmia; atrial fibrillation source identification; atrial triggers; complex endocardial recording; electrogram recording; left atrium; pulmonary vein; signal classification; targeted destruction; Atrial fibrillation; Band pass filters; Catheters; Educational institutions; Feature extraction; Rhythm; Veins; Algorithms; Atrial Fibrillation; Humans;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC, 2011 Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4121-1
Electronic_ISBN :
1557-170X
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6091091