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ArticleIEEE journal of translational engineering in health and medicine2024

Detection of Non-Sustained Supraventricular Tachycardia in Atrial Fibrillation Screening.

Hesam Halvaei, Tove Hygrell, Emma Svennberg, Valentina D A Corino, Leif Sornmo, Martin Stridh

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Article in IEEE journal of translational engineering in health and medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Hesam HalvaeiDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringLund University 221 00 Lund Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-6741-584X
Tove HygrellDepartment of MedicineKarolinska Institutet 171 77 Stockholm Sweden.
Emma SvennbergDepartment of MedicineKarolinska Institutet 171 77 Stockholm Sweden.
Valentina D A CorinoDepartment of ElectronicsInformation and Bioengineering (DEIB)Politecnico di Milano Milan 20133 Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1825-0422
Leif SornmoDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringLund University 221 00 Lund Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-8524-2292
Martin StridhDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringLund University 221 00 Lund Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-1204-8912

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Abstract

objectiveNon-sustained supraventricular tachycardia (nsSVT) is associated with a higher risk of developing atrial fibrillation (AF), and, therefore, detection of nsSVT can improve AF screening efficiency. However, the detection is challenged by the lower signal quality of ECGs recorded using handheld devices and the presence of ectopic beats which may mimic the rhythm characteristics of nsSVT.

methodsThe present study introduces a new nsSVT detector for use in single-lead, 30-s ECGs, based on the assumption that beats in an nsSVT episode exhibits similar morphology, implying that episodes with beats of deviating morphology, either due to ectopic beats or noise/artifacts, are excluded. A support vector machine is used to classify successive 5-beat sequences in a sliding window with respect to similar morphology. Due to the lack of adequate training data, the classifier is trained using simulated ECGs with varying signal-to-noise ratio. In a subsequent step, a set of rhythm criteria is applied to similar beat sequences to ensure that episode duration and heart rate is acceptable.

resultsThe performance of the proposed detector is evaluated using the StrokeStop II database, resulting in sensitivity, specificity, and positive predictive value of 84.6%, 99.4%, and 18.5%, respectively.

conclusionThe results show that a significant reduction in expert review burden (factor of 6) can be achieved using the proposed detector.Clinical and Translational Impact: The reduction in the expert review burden shows that nsSVT detection in AF screening can be made considerably more efficiently.

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Atrial FibrillationElectrocardiographySignal Processing, Computer-AssistedSupport Vector MachineTachycardia, SupraventricularHumansAtrial fibrillation screeninghandheld ECG devicenon-sustained supraventricular tachycardiasignal quality

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