WIRELESS ECG MONITORING SYSTEM FOR THE DETECTION OF CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA

JESNA.K.A
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INTRODUCTION
Now-a-days heart related diseases are on the rise.

According to WHO,16 million people around the world each year died of CVD and around 20 million people are at the risk of sudden heart failure[6].
ECG of patients with cardiac arrhythmia need to be monitored continously .
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ECG(ELECTROCARDIOGRAM)
It is the recording of electrical potential produced by the excitation of cardiac muscle.

Normal ECG results:

Heart rate: 60 to 100 beats per min. 3 Heart rhythm: consistent and even.

CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA:
It is the disturbances(abnormalities) in the heart rhythm.
Bradycardia: slow heart rate(below 60 beats/min) Tachycardia: fast heart rate(above 100 beats/min) Atrial Fibrillation: irregular heart rhythm.

EXISTING ECG MONITORING DEVICES

OVERVIEW :
To design a wireless ECG monitoring system for the detection of arrhythmia situation and transmitting real time medical information(ECG) to a clinical station.

BlOCK DIAGRAM

ECG SIGNAL PROCESSING

ECG signal processing consist of 2 stages.

Different approaches for ECG signal processing ,

PREPROCESSING: Digital Filter approach Wavelet based approach FEATURE EXTRACTION: Template matching QRS Detection technique Differentiation based QRS Detection technique.

DIFFERENT POSSIBILITIES OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS

The

communication between patient unit and hospital monitoring center can be possible by, Bluetooth module GSM GPRS

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POSSIBLE OUTCOME:

Detect cardiac disorder of

the patients who are located in the remote areas and are not in a position to report to the doctor for immediate
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[5] Yongming Yang, Xiaob Huang yu, Real- Time ECG monitoring system based on FPGA, The 33rd Annual conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society,Nov. 5-8, 2007, pp.2316-2340.

[6] M.Braecklein, I.Tchoudovski, C.Moor, K.Egorouchkina, Wireless Telecardiological Monitoring System for Homecare Area. Proc. 27 th Con. Of the IEEE EMBS, september 15,2005, pp. 3793-3795.
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