Differentiating ischemic from non-ischemic T-wave inversion

Details Differentiating ischemic from non-ischemic T-wave inversion Differentiating ischemic from non-ischemic T-wave inversion

2011-04-12

2011-04-12

Layno, Carl H. (Department: 3766)

Surgery

Diagnostic testing

Cardiovascular

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ABSTRACT:
A method of discriminating between ischemic and cardiac memory effects in a heart, comprising receiving electrocardiographic (ECG) data, calculating, from the ECG data, a direction of a T-wave vector, diagnosing ischemia if the T-wave vector is between about 75 degrees and about 200 degrees, and diagnosing cardiac memory if the T-wave vector is between about zero degrees and minus 90 degrees. Also presented is a system for discriminating between ischemic and cardiac memory effects in a heart comprising means for performing an electrocardiogram, means for calculating a direction of a T-wave vector, means for diagnosing ischemia if the T-wave vector is between about 90 degrees and 180 degrees, and means for diagnosing cardiac memory if the T-wave vector is between about zero degrees and minus 90 degrees.

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