Prompt prediction of successful defibrillation from 1-s ventricular fibrillation waveform in patients with out-of-hospital sudden cardiac arrest |
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Authors: | Hiroshi Endoh Seiji Hida Satomi Oohashi Yusuke Hayashi Hidenori Kinoshita Tadayuki Honda |
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Institution: | (1) Division of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Science, 1-757 Asahi-machi, Cyuoku, Niigata 951-8510, Japan |
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Abstract: | Purpose Ventricular fibrillation (VF) is a common cardiac arrest rhythm that can be terminated by electrical defibrillation. During
cardiopulmonary resuscitation, there is a strong need for a prompt and reliable predictor of successful defibrillation because
myocardial damage can result from repeated futile defibrillation attempts. Continuous wavelet transform (CWT) provides excellent
time and frequency resolution of signals. The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether features based on CWT could predict
successful defibrillation. |
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