Study of transthoracic impedance cardiogram for assessment of cardiac hemodynamics in atrial fibrillation patents

Autor: Krasteva, V., Jekova, I., Elina Trendafilova, Ménétré, S., Mudrov, T., Didon, J. -P
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Scopus-Elsevier
International Journal Bioautomation, Vol 16, Iss 3, Pp 203-210 (2012)
Popis: This study aims to test the usability of the transthoracic impedance cardiogram (ICG) for assessment of the quality of myocardial contractions in atrial fibrillation (AFIB) vs. sinus rhythm (SR), using signals recorded via defibrillation pads during external cardioversion (ECV). Data from 88 patients with persistent AFIB who received planned ECV are processed. AFIB is treated with cardioverter/defibrillator DG4000 (Schiller Médical, France) using a non-escalating protocol 200J/200J/200J. Successful ECV is defined as restoration of SR for gt 1min. The electrocardiogram (ECG), thoracic baseline impedance (Z) and dynamic impedance components dZ, dZ/dt captured via self-adhesive pads in antero- apical position are processed. Heartbeat contractions are evaluated by several measures extracted from the mean ICG patterns during systole: from dZ pattern - ICG (peak amplitude, range, area); from dZ/dt pattern - ICG velocity (peak, range, area) and left ventricular ejection time (LVET). The hemodynamical indices measured before and after ECV are: mean heart rate over 2 minutes (HR), standard deviation of HR (HRV), systolic (SysBP) and diastolic (DiaBP) blood pressure. When the rhythm converts from AFIB to SR (74 patients), all measures on dZ, dZ/dt patterns significantly increase: dZ (64-102%), dZ/dt (31-67%), LVET (18%), p lt 0.05. Significant decrease of HR (-36%), HRV (-53%), SysBP (-11%) and DiaBP (-19%) are also observed. Unsuccessful ECVs without conversion to SR (14 patients) are, however, associated with non-significant increase of dZ (10-21%), dZ/dt (0.3-29%), LVET (9%), p gt 0.05 when comparing pre-shock AFIB vs. post-shock AFIB. No clear change in HR (-9%) and HRV (6%), and slight decrease of SysBP (-10%) and DiaBP (-8%) are observed. The level of improvement of cardiac output quality in post-shock SR vs. pre-shock AFIB as estimated by ICG is related to a set of more than 60 clinical and hemodynamical parameters. Significant correlation coefficients are found to: Beta-Blocker (-0.25), Number of anti- arrhythmic drugs (-0.29), ΔST (0.37), pre-shock HR (0.43), ΔHR (-0.40), pre-shock HRV (0.30), ALT (0.46), ΔCK-MB (-0.32), ΔHR (-0.26), pre-shock DiaBP (0.24).
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