The ECHOView color map achieved a median compression ratio of 67 (IQR 59-74) times compared to standard-grid ECG pages, facilitating visual identification of short-term arrhythmia episodes.
Observational (n=86)
Does the ECHOView color map improve the efficiency of interpreting long-term Holter-ECG records in patients with suspected arrhythmias?
The ECHOView color map significantly compresses Holter ECG data, potentially facilitating faster manual review and identification of arrhythmias by cardiologists.
Ambulatory 24-72 h Holter ECG monitoring is recommended for patients with suspected arrhythmias, which are often transitory and might remain unseen in resting standard 12-lead ECG. Holter manufacturers provide software diagnostic tools to assist clinicians in evaluating these large amounts of data. Nevertheless, the identification of short arrhythmia events and differentiation of the arrhythmia type might be a problem in limited Holter ECG leads. This observational clinical study aims to explore a novel and weakly investigated ECG modality integrated into a commercial diagnostic tool ECHOView (medilog DARWIN 2, Schiller AG, Switzerland), while used for the interpretation of long-term Holter-ECG records by a cardiologist. The ECHOView transformation maps the beat waveform amplitude to a color-coded bar. One ECHOView page integrates stacked color bars of about 1740 sequential beats aligned by R-peak in a window (R ± 750 ms). The collected 3-lead Holter ECG recordings from 86 patients had a valid duration of 21 h 20 min (19 h 30 min-22 h 45 min), median (quartile range). The ECG rhythm was reviewed with 3491 (3192-3723) standard-grid ECG pages and a substantially few number of 51 (44-59) ECHOView pages that validated the ECHOView compression ratio of 67 (59-74) times. Comments on the ECG rhythm and ECHOView characteristic patterns are provided for 14 examples representative of the most common rhythm disorders seen in our population, including supraventricular arrhythmias (supraventricular extrasystoles, paroxysmal supraventricular arrhythmia, sinus tachycardia, supraventricular tachycardia, atrial fibrillation, and flutter) and ventricular arrhythmias (ventricular extrasystoles, non-sustained ventricular tachycardia). In summary, the ECHOView color map transforms the ECG modality into a novel diagnostic image of the patient's rhythm that is comprehensively interpreted by a cardiologist. ECHOView has the potential to facilitate the manual overview of Holter ECG recordings, to visually identify short-term arrhythmia episodes, and to refine the diagnosis, especially in high-rate arrhythmias.
Naydenov et al. (Thu,) conducted a observational in Suspected arrhythmias (n=86). ECHOView color map vs. Standard-grid ECG pages was evaluated on Compression ratio of ECG pages. The ECHOView color map achieved a median compression ratio of 67 (IQR 59-74) times compared to standard-grid ECG pages, facilitating visual identification of short-term arrhythmia episodes.
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