Automatic Detection and Estimation of ECG T-wave Alternans

Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is one of the most critical public health problem causing 20-30% of 0.4 million annual deaths due to heart disease in the United States. Among these, ventricular fibrillation is observed in 85% of the cases before death. Prognostic significance of microvolt T-wave alternans (TWA) has been established since their inclusion among important risk stratifiers for sudden cardiac death, as they provide a 20-30 minutes warning period prior to ventricular tachyarrhythmias. This book reviews the most significant TWA analysis schemes belonging to STFT, sign-change counting and non-linear filtering domains. The main objective is to develop robust TWA detection and estimation schemes. A second direction is to explore the estimation challenges involved in TWA analysis.

About the author

Asim Bakhshi got a BS in Electrical Engineering from NUST, Pakistan in 1996. He graduated from University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila in 2002 and got a PhD in Computer Engineering from University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore in 2012. His research focuses on Signal Processing, especially Biomedical Signal Processing and Control.

Product details

• Authors: Asi Bakhshi, Asim Bakhshi, Saji Bashir, Sajid Bashir, Mohammad Ali Maud
• Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Languages: English, German
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2015
• EAN: 9783659576195
• ISBN: 978-3-659-57619-5
• No. of pages: 144
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Electronics, electrical engineering, communications engineering