TY - JOUR
T1 - Co-occurrence and phase relationship between alternans of the R wave amplitude (RWAA) and of the T wave (TWA) in ECGs
AU - Alaei, Sahar
AU - Wang, Siqi
AU - Anaya, Paul
AU - Patwardhan, Abhijit
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2020/6
Y1 - 2020/6
N2 - Alternans of the T wave in ECG (TWA) has high negative but poor positive predictive value in the prediction of ventricular arrhythmia. Alternans of repolarization duration, i.e. of action potential duration (APD), causes TWA. Prior studies from our group showed that alternans of the maximum rate of depolarization also occurs when APD alternans occurs and the relationship between these two has the potential to affect formation of spatial discord, which may be more arrhythmogenic. Therefore, exploration of the co-occurrence of the alternans of depolarization and repolarization has the potential to improve the prediction. In the present study, we used a mathematical model to show that depolarization alternans appears as alternating amplitude of the R wave in the ECG. We also investigated the link between changes in R wave amplitude and TWA. Results from clinical grade ECGs available in the PhysioNet database show that amplitude of the R wave can change as predicted by our experimental results and the mathematical model. Using TWA as the marker of repolarization alternans and R wave amplitude alternans (RWAA) as the marker of depolarization alternans, we investigated the phase relation between them and observed that, similar to previous results from animals, the phase relation between the two can spontaneously change. That is, alternans of depolarization does co-occur with TWA and the phase relationship between the two is not invariant. These results support further investigation of the use of RWAA as a complementary method to TWA to improve positive predictive value for prediction of ventricular arrhythmia.
AB - Alternans of the T wave in ECG (TWA) has high negative but poor positive predictive value in the prediction of ventricular arrhythmia. Alternans of repolarization duration, i.e. of action potential duration (APD), causes TWA. Prior studies from our group showed that alternans of the maximum rate of depolarization also occurs when APD alternans occurs and the relationship between these two has the potential to affect formation of spatial discord, which may be more arrhythmogenic. Therefore, exploration of the co-occurrence of the alternans of depolarization and repolarization has the potential to improve the prediction. In the present study, we used a mathematical model to show that depolarization alternans appears as alternating amplitude of the R wave in the ECG. We also investigated the link between changes in R wave amplitude and TWA. Results from clinical grade ECGs available in the PhysioNet database show that amplitude of the R wave can change as predicted by our experimental results and the mathematical model. Using TWA as the marker of repolarization alternans and R wave amplitude alternans (RWAA) as the marker of depolarization alternans, we investigated the phase relation between them and observed that, similar to previous results from animals, the phase relation between the two can spontaneously change. That is, alternans of depolarization does co-occur with TWA and the phase relationship between the two is not invariant. These results support further investigation of the use of RWAA as a complementary method to TWA to improve positive predictive value for prediction of ventricular arrhythmia.
KW - Phase relation between TWA and RWAA
KW - RWAA
KW - TWA
KW - Ventricular arrhythmia
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U2 - 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2020.103785
DO - 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2020.103785
M3 - Article
C2 - 32568673
AN - SCOPUS:85084494055
SN - 0010-4825
VL - 121
JO - Computers in Biology and Medicine
JF - Computers in Biology and Medicine
M1 - 103785
ER -