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A novel algorithm to assess the quality of 12-lead ECG recordings: validation in a real telecardiology application

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Objective. Automatic detection of Electrocardiograms (ECG) quality is fundamental to minimize costs and risks related to delayed diagnosis due to low ECG quality. Most algorithms to assess ECG quality include… Click to show full abstract

Objective. Automatic detection of Electrocardiograms (ECG) quality is fundamental to minimize costs and risks related to delayed diagnosis due to low ECG quality. Most algorithms to assess ECG quality include non-intuitive parameters. Also, they were developed using data non-representative of a real-world scenario, in terms of pathological ECGs and overrepresentation of low-quality ECG. Therefore, we introduce an algorithm to assess 12-lead ECG quality, Noise Automatic Classification Algorithm (NACA) developed in Telehealth Network of Minas Gerais (TNMG). Approach. NACA estimates a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) for each ECG lead, where ‘signal’ is an estimated heartbeat template, and ‘noise’ is the discrepancy between the template and the ECG heartbeat. Then, clinically-inspired rules based on SNR are used to classify the ECG as acceptable or unacceptable. NACA was compared with Quality Measurement Algorithm (QMA), the winner of Computing in Cardiology Challenge 2011 (ChallengeCinC) by using five metrics: sensitivity (Se), specificity (Sp), positive predictive value (PPV), F 2, and cost reduction resulting from adoption of the algorithm. Two datasets were used for validation: TestTNMG, consisting of 34 310 ECGs received by TNMG (1% unacceptable and 50% pathological); ChallengeCinC, consisting of 1000 ECGs (23% unacceptable, higher than real-world scenario). Main results. Both algorithms reached a similar performance on ChallengeCinC, although NACA performed considerably better than QMA in TestTNMG (Se = 0.89 versus 0.21; Sp = 0.99 versus 0.98; PPV = 0.59 versus 0.08; F 2 = 0.76 versus 0.16 and cost reduction 2.3 ± 1.8% versus 0.3 ± 0.3%, respectively). Significance. Implementing of NACA in a telecardiology service results in evident health and financial benefits for the patients and the healthcare system.

Keywords: algorithm assess; ecg quality; algorithm; quality

Journal Title: Physiological Measurement
Year Published: 2023

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