Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2969308 | Journal of Electrocardiology | 2008 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
In this study, based on 120-lead body surface potential maps (BSPMs), we explored the improvement in electrocardiogram (ECG) diagnosis obtained by adding additional leads and using estimation of unmeasured leads. We found that adding a few leads observed to be optimal for diagnosis or signal capture combined with the existing 12-lead ECG improves diagnostic performance. Separately, using reconstruction (estimation) of BSPMs and using diagnostic criteria derived for maps also improve diagnostic performance over that provided by the recorded 12-lead ECG alone. Combining these 2 ideas, namely, addition of optimal leads and estimation of BSPMs improves performance even more.
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Authors
Fred Kornreich, Robert S. MacLeod, Robert L. Lux,