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Development of an automated method for display of ischemic myocardium from simulated electrocardiograms.

Galeotti, Loriano ; Strauss, David G LU ; Ubachs, Joey LU ; Pahlm, Olle LU and Heiberg, Einar LU (2009) In Journal of Electrocardiology 42. p.204-212
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Knowledge of the size and location of ischemic myocardium during acute coronary occlusion could provide decision support before reperfusion therapy. Electrocardiogram (ECG) scores based on the number of leads and the sum of ST-segment elevation have been unreliable in quantifying ischemia. We aimed to develop a new method to graphically display ischemic myocardium from simulated ECGs (DIMS-ECG) associated with known ischemic regions. METHODS: Twenty-one patterns of ischemia based on normal coronary anatomy were programmed into the freely available program ECGSIM (www.ecgsim.org). Minor variations of these patterns and 5 levels of ischemia severity produced 45 455 ECGs; 1000 normal ECGs were also added. Given a de novo ECG (an... (More)
BACKGROUND: Knowledge of the size and location of ischemic myocardium during acute coronary occlusion could provide decision support before reperfusion therapy. Electrocardiogram (ECG) scores based on the number of leads and the sum of ST-segment elevation have been unreliable in quantifying ischemia. We aimed to develop a new method to graphically display ischemic myocardium from simulated ECGs (DIMS-ECG) associated with known ischemic regions. METHODS: Twenty-one patterns of ischemia based on normal coronary anatomy were programmed into the freely available program ECGSIM (www.ecgsim.org). Minor variations of these patterns and 5 levels of ischemia severity produced 45 455 ECGs; 1000 normal ECGs were also added. Given a de novo ECG (an ECG from a patient), ST-segment and T-wave measurements are compared with ECG measurements in the database. The closest 200 matches are selected, and the corresponding ischemic areas are "averaged" to create a graphical display of the ischemic myocardium. RESULTS: Three patients are presented who underwent elective coronary angioplasty with continuous ECG recording and scintigraphically defined ischemic myocardium. Based on ECG analysis, the program graphically displays the ischemic myocardium with close agreement to the scintigraphic images. The program's source code and the ECG database will be made freely available. CONCLUSIONS: The DIMS-ECG method graphically displays ischemic myocardium from information contained in the 12-lead ECG based on a novel approach to use a large simulated database instead of rule- or score-based method. After further development and testing, the DIMS-ECG method could be used to risk stratify patients with acute myocardial infarction. (Less)
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  series       = {{Journal of Electrocardiology}},
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