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Lookup NU author(s): Dr Ding Chang Zheng, Professor John AllenORCiD, Emeritus Professor Alan MurrayORCiD
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Ectopic beats are common in patients who have heart disease and are associated with reduced peripheral pulse amplitude. This study determined the start of the peripheral pulse increase and from it the opening of the aortic valve. The left ventricular peak filling rate was also estimated from the peripheral pulse. Results were compared with published invasive and cardiac imaging data. Twenty-five subjects with ectopic beat electrocardiograms (ECGs) were studied. The ECGs and the peripheral pulses, detected optically at the right index finger by a simple photoplethysmography (PPG) technique, were recorded for subsequent analysis. Peripheral pulse amplitudes for ectopic beats, post-ectopic sinus beats and normal sinus beats were determined. Ectopic beats induced a mean 68% decrease in pulse amplitude in comparison with sinus beats (p
Author(s): Zheng D, Allen J, Murray A
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Physiological Measurement
Year: 2008
Volume: 29
Issue: 12
Pages: 1411-1419
ISSN (print): 0967-3334
ISSN (electronic): 1361-6579
Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing Ltd.
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0967-3334/29/12/005
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/29/12/005
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