Mechanocardiography-Based Measurement System Indicating Changes in Heart Failure Patients during Hospital Admission and Discharge [PDF]
Sensors, 2022 Heart failure (HF) is a disease related to impaired performance of the heart and is a significant cause of mortality and treatment costs in the world. During its progression, HF causes worsening (decompensation) periods which generally require hospital ...
Tero Koivisto +8 more
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Mechanocardiography in the Detection of Acute ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction: The MECHANO-STEMI Study [PDF]
Sensors, 2022 Novel means to minimize treatment delays in patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) are needed. Using an accelerometer and gyroscope on the chest yield mechanocardiographic (MCG) data.
Tero Koivisto +6 more
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Cardiac monitoring of dogs via smartphone mechanocardiography: a feasibility study [PDF]
BioMedical Engineering OnLine, 2019 Background In the context of monitoring dogs, usually, accelerometers have been used to measure the dog’s movement activity. Here, we study another application of the accelerometers (and gyroscopes)—seismocardiography (SCG) and gyrocardiography (GCG)—to ...
Olli Lahdenoja +9 more
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Reliability of Self-Applied Smartphone Mechanocardiography for Atrial Fibrillation Detection [PDF]
IEEE Access, 2019 Smartphone mechanocardiography (sMCG) is a new technique that allows patients to record a cardiac rhythm strip using a smartphone built-in tri-axial accelerometer and gyroscope.
Saeed Mehrang +11 more
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Multiclass Classifier based Cardiovascular Condition Detection Using Smartphone Mechanocardiography. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2018 Cardiac translational and rotational vibrations induced by left ventricular motions are measurable using joint seismocardiography (SCG) and gyrocardiography (GCG) techniques.
Iftikhar Z +8 more
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Revolutionizing smartphone gyrocardiography for heart rate monitoring: overcoming clinical validation hurdles [PDF]
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2023 Accurate heart rate (HR) measurement is crucial for optimal cardiac health, and while conventional methods such as electrocardiography and photoplethysmography are widely used for continuous daily monitoring, they may face practical limitations due to ...
Mohamed Elgendi +4 more
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Yield of diagnosis and risk of stroke with screening strategies for atrial fibrillation: a comprehensive review of current evidence. [PDF]
Eur Heart J Open, 2023 Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most prevalent arrhythmia worldwide. The presence of AF is associated with increased risk of systemic thromboembolism, but with the uptake of oral anticoagulant (OAC) and implementation of a holistic and integrated care ...
Corica B +11 more
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Respiratory-Induced Amplitude Modulation of Forcecardiography Signals [PDF]
Bioengineering, 2022 Forcecardiography (FCG) is a novel technique that records the weak forces induced on the chest wall by cardio-respiratory activity, by using specific force sensors.
Jessica Centracchio +3 more
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ECG-Free Heartbeat Detection in Seismocardiography Signals via Template Matching [PDF]
Sensors, 2023 Cardiac monitoring can be performed by means of an accelerometer attached to a subject’s chest, which produces the Seismocardiography (SCG) signal.
Jessica Centracchio +4 more
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Detection of Aortic Valve Opening and Estimation of Pre-Ejection Period in Forcecardiography Recordings [PDF]
Bioengineering, 2022 Forcecardiography (FCG) is a novel technique that measures the local forces induced on the chest wall by the mechanical activity of the heart. Specific piezoresistive or piezoelectric force sensors are placed on subjects’ thorax to measure these very ...
Jessica Centracchio +4 more
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