title: Analysis of unpredictable components within QRS complex using a finite-impulse-response prediction model for the diagnosis of patients with ventricular tachycardia.
abstract: This study proposes a finite-impulse-response (FIR) prediction model to analyze the unpredictable intra-QRS potentials (UIQP) for identifying ventricular tachycardia patients with high-risk ventricular arrhythmias. The simulation study shows that a QRS complex including abnormal intra-QRS potentials (AIQP) has a higher UIQP and UIQP-to-QRS ratio in comparison with one without AIQP. The clinical results demonstrate that the mean UIQP-to-QRS ratios of VT patients in leads X, Y and Z were significantly larger than those of the normal subjects, and the linear and logical combination of UIQP-to-QRS ratios and ventricular late potential parameters can enhance diagnosis performance for VT patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical Engineering, National Chin-Yi University of Technology, Taichung, Taiwan. cclin@ncut.edu.tw
authors.forename: Chun-Cheng
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000465:Algorithms; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008955:Models, Cardiovascular; D015233:Models, Statistical; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000175:diagnosis*