title: Computer analysis of intraoperative cardiac rhythms using esophageal and surface leads.
abstract: Esophageal ECG lead and computer as arrhythmia monitor were elevated in 6 dogs and 23 patients. In dogs arrhythmias were induced by an epinephrine infusion during halothane anesthesia. The computer identified 1858 irregular beats, a cardiologist 2130. Bigeminy was correctly identified 82% of the time, trigeminy 72%, couplets 29%, and ventricular tachycardia 45%. The false positive rate was .03%. In the operating room the monitor identified an average of 44 abnormal beats per patient. In 5 patients junctional rhythm was correctly identified. This study shows the feasibility of using an esophageal ECG lead for computerized ventricular and supraventricular arrhythmia monitoring in the operating room.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003201:Computers; D004285:Dogs; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D007432:Intraoperative Period; D008875:Middle Aged; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation*