Atrial Fibrillation from an Engineering Perspective

Description

Atrial Fibrillation from an Engineering Perspective provides an up-to-date overview of techniques developed for acquisition, modeling, and analysis of noninvasive, bioelectrical signals reflecting this common arrhythmia. Special emphasis is put on emerging technologies for monitoring of atrial fibrillation in connection with ischemic stroke, interventional ablation procedures, and pharmacological treatment, applications which all depend on the availability of techniques for detecting and characterizing episodes of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. Detectors exploring both rhythm and morphology are described, as well as detectors confined to rhythm and better suited for low power implementation. A wide variety of approaches to modeling and characterization of atrial activity are described, emanating from a statistical and deterministic starting points. This book is suitable for graduate students, researchers, and engineers who want a comprehensive treatise of atrial fibrillation from an engineering perspective. It may be used for self-study, as a supplement to courses in signal processing, or as a modern monograph by researchers in the field of atrial fibrillation. Front Matter ....Pages i-xv A Clinical Perspective on Atrial Fibrillation (Pyotr G. Platonov, Valentina D. A. Corino)....Pages 1-24 Lead Systems and Recording Devices (Andrius Petrėnas, Vaidotas Marozas, Leif Sörnmo)....Pages 25-48 Databases and Simulation (Leif Sörnmo, Andrius Petrėnas, Vaidotas Marozas)....Pages 49-71 Detection of Atrial Fibrillation (Leif Sörnmo, Andrius Petrėnas, Vaidotas Marozas)....Pages 73-135 Extraction of f Waves (Leif Sörnmo, Andrius Petrėnas, Pablo Laguna, Vaidotas Marozas)....Pages 137-220 Characterization of f Waves (Leif Sörnmo, Raúl Alcaraz, Pablo Laguna, José Joaquín Rieta)....Pages 221-279 Modeling and Analysis of Ventricular Response in Atrial Fibrillation (Valentina D. A. Corino, Frida Sandberg, Luca T. Mainardi, Leif Sörnmo)....Pages 281-311 Back Matter ....Pages 313-316