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The mechanism of atrial fibrillation (AF) is poorly understood, resulting in disappointing success rates of ablative treatment. Different mechanisms defined largely by different atrial activation patterns have been proposed and, arguably,…

Tissues and Organs · Quantitative Biology 2020-01-27 Max Falkenberg , Andrew J. Ford , Anthony C. Li , Alberto Ciacci , Nicholas S. Peters , Kim Christensen

Although atrial fibrillation (AF), a common arrhythmia, frequently presents in patients with underlying valvular disease, its hemodynamic contributions are not fully understood. The present work aimed to computationally study how physical…

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

Catheter ablation (CA) is a commonly used treatment for persistent atrial fibrillation (AF). Since its medium/long-term success rate remains limited, preoperative prediction of its outcome is gaining clinical interest to optimally select…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-01-19 P. Escribano , J. Rodenas , M. Garcia , M. A. Arias , V. M. Hidalgo , S. Calero , J. J. Rieta , R. Alcaraz

Objectives: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common heart rhythm disorder associated with deadly and debilitating consequences including heart failure, stroke, poor mental health, reduced quality of life and death. Having an automatic system…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-01-31 Philip Warrick , Masun Nabhan Homsi

The atrial fibrillation burden (AFB) is defined as the percentage of time spend in atrial fibrillation (AF) over a long enough monitoring period. Recent research has demonstrated the added prognosis value that becomes available by using the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-08-06 Armand Chocron , Julien Oster , Shany Biton , Mandel Franck , Meyer Elbaz , Yehoshua Y. Zeevi , Joachim Behar

Atrial arrhythmia can be categorized into tachycardia, flutter, and fibrillation. Atrial fibrillation is a prevalent heart disease that results in weak and irregular contractions of the atria. It affects millions people worldwide and…

Medical Physics · Physics 2024-02-01 Jiyue He

We analyze left atrium haemodynamics, highlighting differences among healthy individuals and patients affected by atrial fibrillation. The computational study is based on patient-specific geometries of the left atria to simulate blood flow…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-10-06 Mattia Corti , Alberto Zingaro , Luca Dede' , Alfio Maria Quarteroni

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia, which is clinically identified with irregular and rapid heartbeat rhythm. AF puts a patient at risk of forming blood clots, which can eventually lead to heart failure, stroke,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-06-28 Jianxin Xie , Stavros Stavrakis , Bing Yao

Heart disease is a serious global health issue that claims millions of lives every year. Early detection and precise prediction are critical to the prevention and successful treatment of heart related issues. A lot of research utilizes…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-07-30 Rahul Karmakar , Udita Ghosh , Arpita Pal , Sattwiki Dey , Debraj Malik , Priyabrata Sain

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common atrial arrhythmia that impairs quality of life and causes embolic stroke, heart failure and other complications. Recent advancements in machine learning (ML) and deep learning (DL) have shown potential…

Detection of atrial fibrillation (AF), a type of cardiac arrhythmia, is difficult since many cases of AF are usually clinically silent and undiagnosed. In particular paroxysmal AF is a form of AF that occurs occasionally, and has a higher…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2018-05-24 Supreeth P. Shashikumar , Amit J. Shah , Gari D. Clifford , Shamim Nemati

Wearable devices enable theoretically continuous, longitudinal monitoring of physiological measurements like step count, energy expenditure, and heart rate. Although the classification of abnormal cardiac rhythms such as atrial fibrillation…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-01-28 Jessica Torres Soto , Euan Ashley

We review some of the latest approaches to analysing cardiac electrophysiology data using machine learning and predictive modelling. Cardiac arrhythmias, particularly atrial fibrillation, are a major global healthcare challenge. Treatment…

Objective: We propose a non-contact approach for atrial fibrillation (AF) detection from face videos. Methods: Face videos, electrocardiography (ECG), and contact photoplethysmography (PPG) from 100 healthy subjects and 100 AF patients are…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-08-10 Zhaodong Sun , Juhani Junttila , Mikko Tulppo , Tapio Seppänen , Xiaobai Li

The management of chronic Heart Failure (HF) presents significant challenges in modern healthcare, requiring continuous monitoring, early detection of exacerbations, and personalized treatment strategies. In this paper, we present a…

Cardiovascular diseases and their associated disorder of heart failure are one of the major death causes globally, being a priority for doctors to detect and predict its onset and medical consequences. Artificial Intelligence (AI) allows…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-10-31 Pedro A. Moreno-Sanchez

A network-based approach is presented to investigate the cerebrovascular flow patterns during atrial fibrillation (AF) with respect to normal sinus rhythm (NSR). AF, the most common cardiac arrhythmia with faster and irregular beating, has…

Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability · Physics 2017-09-27 Stefania Scarsoglio , Fabio Cazzato , Luca Ridolfi

The incidences of atrial fibrillation (AFib) are increasing at a daunting rate worldwide. For the early detection of the risk of AFib, we have developed an automatic detection system based on deep neural networks. For achieving better…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-02-11 Prateek Singh , Ambalika Sharma , Shreesha Maiya

Atrial fibrillation (AF) increases the risk of stroke. Electrocardiogram (ECG) is used for AF detection, while photoplethysmography (PPG) is simple to use and appropriate for long-term monitoring. We have developed a novel approach to…