Abstract
Predicting non-invasively the effectiveness of a shock on Internal Electrical Cardioversion (IECV) is clinically relevant to enhance step-up voltage protocols in the treatment of Persistent Atrial Fibrillation (PAF). The present study assess the ability of a non-linear index, such as sample entropy (SampEn), to follow-up noninvasively AF organization undersuccessive attempts of IECV and to predict the effectiveness of every single shock. Results showed a SampEn significant difference just after the first attempt in successful vs unsuccessful patients (0.0398 ± 0.0139) vs. (0.0608 ± 0.0221) p = 0.0094; indicating that probably first shock plays the most important role in the procedure.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Unknown Host Publication |
Publisher | IEEE Computer Society |
Pages | 191-194 |
Number of pages | 4 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-0-7695-4882-1/12 |
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Publication status | Published (in print/issue) - 15 Dec 2012 |
Event | IEEE Andean Region International Conference 2012 (Andescon 2012) - Cuenca, Ecuador Duration: 15 Dec 2012 → … http://andescon2012.org/index.php/congreso2012/andesconcuenca |
Conference
Conference | IEEE Andean Region International Conference 2012 (Andescon 2012) |
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Period | 15/12/12 → … |
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Keywords
- Atrial fibrillation
- ECG
- sample entropy
- chaos
- AF cardioversion
- prediction
- treatment outcome
- cardiology.