Improving CRT response in heart failure patients is another CineECG feature. Next to the HRS 2023 presentation regarding the added value of CineECG in identifying  the origin of atrial ectopic activity (see our previous blog) last week’s conference in New Orleans also became a platform for presenting another clinical added value option of CineECG. In this blog we focus on the results of Tanmay Gokhale, Salah Al-zaiti and Samir F. Saba, all working at the University of Pittsburg Medical Center (UPMC).  Their study focuses on improving the selection of CRT patients. Cardiac Resynchr ..read more

cineecg flow inferior wall infarct In this blog we will address a case of identifying a specific case of a heart infarct, in particular an infarct in the lower part of the heart (Inferior wall infarction ; RCA distal to the RV branch). In an earlier blog we focused on an extensive anterior wall infarction and the ease of using CineECG to read the related ECG. This distal RCA infarct happens when there’s a block or occlusion in a right coronary artery which supplies both the right ventricle but also the back side of the left ventricular septum, the wall separating the left and right chamber ..read more

classic ECG presentation of anterior wall infarction In this blog we will address a case of identifying a specific case of a heart infarct, in particular an infarct in the front part of the heart (Extensive anterior wall infarction). The infarct happens when there’s a blockage or occlusion in a main artery which supplies this part of the heart with blood. There are many places in the heart where such a blockade can occur and knowing the location as soon as possible is important because the location is an indicator of the severity and extension of the infarct. And thus the type and speed of t ..read more

Coronary vascular dysfunction is a sometimes difficult to identify heart problem which in majority occurs with females. This type of disorder can happen in both in the large, small or micro arteries in the heart. Coronary vascular dysfunction is characterized by the lack of obstruction in these arteries but still the patients have chest pain. And since the standard diagnosis for anginal complaints is aimed at evaluating obstructive coronary artery disease, coronary artery dysfunction as the cause of the complaints is often not included in the diagnosis. This makes timely identification of t ..read more

In last week ISCE conference a poster session was focused on early detection of Atrial Fibrillation signals. Professor Platonov from Lund University presented his findings on applying the P wave morphology as a marker to pick up early signs of conduction changes in the Atria or small heart chambers. normal CineECG pathway Atria ESC European Heart Journal Digital Health Advanced interatrial block is a well-known marker of tissue conduction changes which may transform into atrial fibrillation. But unfortunately these signals are difficult to read from the ECG P waves in the 12-lead ECG device ..read more

WE HAVE A WINNER!!! Congratulations to Iris van der Schaaf of UMCU for winning the prestigious Jos Willems early career investigator award at the 47th annual conference of ISCE in Palm Springs (CA). Iris presented the results of working with CineECG in identifying early signs of Ischemia from 12 lead ECG. And her competition in this award contest was fierce and impressive! And her intermediate conclusion is YES, we can because Iris has demonstrated CineECG is very sensitive in showing changes against normal ECGS in case of coronary artery obstruction even when changes in ST amplitudes are s ..read more

UPMC study shows: CineECG classifies +25% more patients with unclear pain in chest ECGs than other ECG expert systems. On this years International Society for Computerized Electrocardiology conference in Palm Springs (A) one of the two selected abstracts lectures was given bij Zeineb Bouzid. She presented the results of  her recent CineECG study.  The study underpins CIneECG helps to classify +25% patients with undifferentiated chest pain in emergency room settings with Acute Coronary Syndrome. And without any loss of precision as compared to expert ECG systems. The study also st ..read more

In a recent post on Linkedin James Kennedy, public affairs director at European Society of Cardiology highlights the fact that there are more female cardiovascular deaths than male deaths in Europe. When you compare a identical number of deaths between males and females 40% of these deaths within the female group result from a cardiovascular disease. And with males this number is only 34%. Which is a strange phenomena since we can hardly expect females have such a different lifestyle which results in this significant difference. Another reason might be a significant physical difference bet ..read more

Next week’s annual conference of the International Society of Computerized Electrocardiology or ISCE is a special event for CineECG and ECG Excellence. First, Peter van Dam, our scientific director will be chairing a track on “modeling disease pathways through ventricular repolarization”. In this session the use of computerized modelling to identify electrical disorders in the large heart chambers will be the focus. Second, CineECG as a new approach for 12 lead ECG interpretation will be presented in a number of lectures and poster presentations. To kick off with some expected highlights ..read more

Identifying ischemic changes during ventricular activation and repolarization is one of the challenges physicians face when they are investigating a patient with pain in the chest or when they are trying to avoid ischemic events in the heart during an intervention. Using the 12 lead ECG for finding answers is standard practice but has severe limitations since the classic visualization of the ECG makes it hard to identify these ischemic events when the changes in the ST segment are hardly noticeable or do not occur (as far as the eye can see). Improving the ECG interpretation on this challen ..read more