Determination of Heart Rate Changes using Simulated Head Up Tilt Test for Syncope Patient Assessment

Dahlia Hassan, Dominik Wehler, Robert Krones, Kinda Khalaf, Helmut Ahammer, Herbert F. Jelinek

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Abstract

Home-based self-training can be beneficial to neurocardiogenic patients, particularly for those who experience a decreased heart rate during the clinical head up tilt test (HUT). Many patients, however, may not be able to attend a clinic and/or attend clinics which lack HUT devices. Individualized heart rate prediction based on a simulated HUT (sHUT) model may address this gap in clinical practice. The proposed sHUT model aims to predict whether home-based self-training is an appropriate beneficial intervention based on the calculated decrease in heart rate from the model. The results obtained with the model are in agreement with previous clinical findings with greater than 80% accuracy in identifying patients who could benefit from home training. The predicted home-based training efficacy of syncope against the control group had a corresponding p-value of p<0.0001. Based on these results, physicians may be able to recommend home training as part of online or telemedicine consultation.Clinical Relevance - The simulated Head Up Tilt model predicts the patient-specific efficacy of tilt-training for patients at home diagnosed with syncope.

Original languageBritish English
Title of host publication43rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2021
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages4273-4276
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781728111797
DOIs
StatePublished - 2021
Event43rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2021 - Virtual, Online, Mexico
Duration: 1 Nov 20215 Nov 2021

Publication series

NameProceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS
ISSN (Print)1557-170X

Conference

Conference43rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2021
Country/TerritoryMexico
CityVirtual, Online
Period1/11/215/11/21

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