title: Combining classical HRV indices with wavelet entropy measures improves to performance in diagnosing congestive heart failure.
abstract: In this study, best combination of short-term heart rate variability (HRV) measures are sought for to distinguish 29 patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) from 54 healthy subjects in the control group. In the analysis performed, in addition to the standard HRV measures, wavelet entropy measures are also used. A genetic algorithm is used to select the best ones from among all possible combinations of these measures. A k-nearest neighbor classifier is used to evaluate the performance of the feature combinations in classifying these two groups. The results imply that two combinations of all HRV measures, both of which include wavelet entropy measures, have the highest discrimination power in terms of sensitivity and specificity values.
authors.affiliation: Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department, Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir 35160, Turkey. islerya@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Yalçin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Işler
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kuntalp
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000465:Algorithms; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D016208:Databases, Factual; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012985:Software Design