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Cardiac disease is the leading cause of death in the US. Accurate heart disease detection is of critical importance for timely medical treatment to save patients' lives. Routine use of electrocardiogram (ECG) is the most common method for…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-10-21 Zekai Wang , Stavros Stavrakis , Bing Yao

Background: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is one of the most common cardiac arrhythmias that affects millions of people each year worldwide and it is closely linked to increased risk of cardiovascular diseases such as stroke and heart failure.…

Cardiovascular diseases are the most common cause of mortality worldwide. Detection of atrial fibrillation (AF) in the asymptomatic stage can help prevent strokes. It also improves clinical decision making through the delivery of suitable…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-02-14 Faezeh Nejati Hatamian , Nishant Ravikumar , Sulaiman Vesal , Felix P. Kemeth , Matthias Struck , Andreas Maier

Atrial Fibrillation (AF) is a common cardiac arrhythmia. Many AF patients experience complications such as stroke and other cardiovascular issues. Early detection of AF is crucial. Existing algorithms can only distinguish ``AF rhythm in AF…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-03 Jun Lei , Yuxi Zhou , Xue Tian , Qinghao Zhao , Qi Zhang , Shijia Geng , Qingbo Wu , Shenda Hong

Deep learning models for atrial fibrillation (AF) detection are increasingly trained on heterogeneous electrocardiogram (ECG) datasets with varying sampling frequencies, yet the specific consequences of these discrepancies on model…

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia, increasing the risk of stroke, heart failure, and other cardiovascular complications. While AF detection algorithms perform well in identifying persistent AF, early-stage progression,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-08-28 Yongbin Lee , Ki H. Chon

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common cardiac arrhythmia that significantly increases the risk of stroke and heart failure, necessitating reliable and generalizable detection methods from electrocardiogram (ECG) recordings. Although deep…

Quantitative Methods · Quantitative Biology 2026-01-16 Hongtao Li , Jia Wei , Jia Xiao , Yuanjun Lai , Mingyang Liu , Shuzhen Lv , Xueqiang Ouyang

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most prevalent arrhythmia and is associated with a five-fold increase in stroke risk. Many individuals with AF go undetected. These individuals are often asymptomatic. There are ongoing debates on whether…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-10-19 Armand Chocron , Roi Efraim , Franck Mandel , Michael Rueschman , Niclas Palmius , Thomas Penzel , Meyer Elbaz , Joachim A. Behar

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common cardiac arrhythmia with serious health consequences if not detected and treated early. Detecting AF using wearable devices with photoplethysmography (PPG) sensors and deep neural networks has…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-11-14 Cheng Ding , Zhicheng Guo , Cynthia Rudin , Ran Xiao , Amit Shah , Duc H. Do , Randall J Lee , Gari Clifford , Fadi B Nahab , Xiao Hu

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is characterized by irregular electrical impulses originating in the atria, which can lead to severe complications and even death. Due to the intermittent nature of the AF, early and timely monitoring of AF is…

Sound · Computer Science 2024-10-29 Xuanyu Liu , Jiao Li , Haoxian Liu , Zongqi Yang , Yi Huang , Jin Zhang

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a prevalent cardiac arrhythmia associated with elevated health risks, where timely detection is pivotal for mitigating stroke-related morbidity. This study introduces an innovative hybrid methodology integrating…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-10-08 Alireza Jafari , Fereshteh Yousefirizi , Vahid Seydi

The automatic detection of atrial fibrillation based on electrocardiograph (ECG) signals has received wide attention both clinically and practically. It is challenging to process ECG signals with cyclical pattern, varying length and…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-02-10 Yifan Sun , Jingyan Shen , Yunfan Jiang , Zhaohui Huang , Minsheng Hao , Xuegong Zhang

Electrocardiogram recognition of cardiac arrhythmias is critical for cardiac abnormality diagnosis. Because of their strong prediction characteristics, artificial neural networks are the preferred method in medical diagnosis systems. This…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-04-16 N. Korucuk , C. Polat , E. S. Gunduz , O. Karaman , V. Tosun , M. Onac , N. Yildirim , Y. Cete , K. Polat

Except for a few specific types, cardiac arrhythmias are not immediately life-threatening. However, if not treated appropriately, they can cause serious complications. In particular, atrial fibrillation, which is characterized by fast and…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-10-08 Jérôme Van Zaen , Ricard Delgado-Gonzalo , Damien Ferrario Mathieu Lemay

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia in human beings, and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. The current standard of care includes interventional catheter ablation in selected patients, but the…

Atrial Fibrillation (AF) is the most prevalent sustained arrhythmia, yet current ablation therapies, including pulmonary vein isolation, are frequently ineffective in persistent AF due to the involvement of non-pulmonary vein drivers. This…

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common form of arrhythmia with accelerated and irregular heart rate (HR), leading to both heart failure and stroke and being responsible for an increase in cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. In…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2018-06-26 Stefania Scarsoglio , Caterina Gallo , Luca Ridolfi

Atrial fibrillation(termed as AF/Afib henceforth) is a discrete and often rapid heart rhythm that can lead to clots near the heart. We can detect Afib by ECG signal by the absence of p and inconsistent intervals between R waves as shown in…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-12-24 Arjun Sridharkumar , Sai Bhargav , Rahul Guntha

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common abnormal heart rhythm and the single biggest cause of stroke. Ablation, destroying regions of the atria, is applied largely empirically and can be curative but with a disappointing clinical…

Medical Physics · Physics 2015-06-19 Kim Christensen , Kishan A. Manani , Nicholas S. Peters

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a prevalent cardiac arrhythmia associated with significant health ramifications, including an elevated susceptibility to ischemic stroke, heart disease, and heightened mortality. Photoplethysmography (PPG) has…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-10-24 Cheng Ding , Ran Xiao , Weijia Wang , Elizabeth Holdsworth , Xiao Hu