AI Assessment of Heart Function Based on QT Rate
April 20, 2021 | Terry Sharrer
Lub-dub goes the heart—72 beats per minute, 103,680 per day, or 2.5 billion times over a 70 year life span. Electrocardiograms measure this function and evaluate it by the time interval between the beginning of the “lub’s” Q wave and the end of the “dub’s” T wave. Too long or too short an interval can indicate cardiac dysfunction. In this piece, cardiologists at the Mayo Clinic [Rochester, MN] report on an improved algorithm for mobile ECG devices that work with a smartphone. MORE
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