Abstract
Heart Rate Variability (HRV) has been extensively investigated for characterizing the autonomic nervous system (ANS) in controlling heart rate. Since ectopic beats, artefacts and noise of the ECG can affect the estimation of HRV features, pre-processing of the RR tachogram can improve the accuracy of HRV analysis and discriminatory power. This paper investigates the effect of different automated preprocessing methods on discriminatory capability of HRV analysis with an example of comparison between different groups of normal and type II diabetic patients with different Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme (ACE) gene polymorphism. Results show that smaller p-values and therefore higher discriminatory capability are found when preprocessing is used, while none of the features can show significant difference if they are estimated from the raw R-R sequence. Secondly, the preprocessing methods do not have the same effect for all HRV features.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Computing in Cardiology 2013 |
Subtitle of host publication | Volume 40 |
Place of Publication | United States |
Publisher | IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
Pages | 483-486 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Volume | 40 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781479908868 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781479908844 |
Publication status | Published - 2013 |
Event | 40th Computing in Cardiology Conference, CinC 2013 - School of Engineering (Betancourt Building), The University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain Duration: 22 Sept 2013 → 25 Sept 2013 http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/mostRecentIssue.jsp?punumber=6695807 (Conference proceedings) https://web.archive.org/web/20130825093106/http://cinc2013.org/ (Conference website) |
Conference
Conference | 40th Computing in Cardiology Conference, CinC 2013 |
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Country/Territory | Spain |
City | Zaragoza |
Period | 22/09/13 → 25/09/13 |
Other | Computing in Cardiology provides an international forum for scientists and professionals from the fields of medicine, physics, engineering and computer science, and has been held annually since 1974. |
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