InTech, Rijeka, Croatia, 2011. — 390 p. ISBN 9533079231, 9789533079233This volume lays the groundwork for understanding the technical aspects of these advancements. This volume is complemented with anatomical diagrams, electrocardiogram recordings, flow diagrams and algorithms which demonstrate the most modern principles of electrocardiography. The five sections of this volume, Cardiac Anatomy, ECG Technique, ECG Features, Heart Rate Variability and ECG Data Management, provide comprehensive reviews of advancements in the technical and analytical methods for interpreting and evaluating electrocardiograms.The chapters which form this volume describe how the technical impediments inherent to instrument-patient interfacing, recording and interpreting variations in electrocardiogram time intervals and morphologies, as well as electrocardiogram data sharing have been effectively overcome. The advent of novel detection, filtering and testing devices are described. Foremost, among these devices are innovative algorithms for automating the evaluation of electrocardiograms.ContentsCardiac Structure and Function
Cardiac AnatomyECG Technique
Low-Frequency Response and the Skin-Electrode Interface in Dry-Electrode Electrocardiography
Implantation Techniques of Leads for Left Ventricular Pacing in Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy and Electrocardiographic Consequences of the Stimulation Site
Non Contact Heart Monitoring
Automated Selection of Optimal ECG Lead Using Heart Instantaneous Frequency During SleepECG Feature Analysis
A Novel Technique for ECG Morphology Interpretation and Arrhythmia Detection Based on Time Series Signal Extracted from Scanned ECG Record
QT Interval and QT Variability
The Electrocardiogram - Waves and Intervals
Quantification of Ventricular Repolarization Dispersion Using Digital Processing of the Surface ECG
Medicines and QT Prolongation
Concealed Conduction
Recognition of Cardiac Arrhythmia by Means of Beat Clustering on ECG-Holter RecordingsHeart Rate Variability
Electrocardiographic Analysis of Heart Rate Variability in Aging Heart
Changes of Sympathovagal Balance Measured by Heart Rate Variability in Gastroparetic Patients Treated with Gastric Electrical Stimulation
Associations of Metabolic Variables with Electrocardiographic Measures of Sympathovagal Balance in Healthy Young AdultsECG Signal Processing
An Analogue Front-End System with a Low-Power On-Chip Filter and ADC for Portable ECG Detection Devices
Electrocardiogram in an MRI Environment: Clinical Needs. Practical Considerations. Safety Implications. Technical Solutions and Future Directions
Customized Heart Check System by Using Integrated Information of Electrocardiogram and Plethysmogram Outside the Driver's Awareness from an Automobile Steering Wheel
Independent Component Analysis in ECG Signal ProcessingECG Data Management
Broadening the Exchange of Electrocardiogram Data from Intra-Hospital to Inter-Hospital
