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Dang Yanjun¹, Lin Jiarui, Shu Weiguang

¹College of life science and technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China; College of electronics and information engineering, South-Central University for Nationalities, Wuhan, China.

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Area of Science:

Nonlinear dynamics applied to biomedical signals
Cardiovascular signal processing
Medical instrumentation analysis

Background:

Electrocardiogram (ECG) signals exhibit inherent nonlinear dynamics, forming a natural attractor.
Pacemaker electrical pulses can disrupt the normal sinus beat ECG attractor.
Understanding attractor properties is crucial for analyzing cardiac electrical activity.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the impact of pacemaker electrical pulses on ECG nonlinear dynamics.
To analyze variations in the correlation dimension (CD) of multi-lead ECG signals.
To compare the complexity of normal sinus rhythm ECG with paced ECG signals.

Main Methods:

Utilized nonlinear dynamics techniques, specifically correlation dimension (CD) calculation.
Analyzed 6-second ECG segments from the MIT-BIH Arrhythmia Database.
Included recordings from both normal sinus rhythm and pacemaker-paced patients.

Main Results:

Significant differences in correlation dimension (CD) were observed between different ECG leads, despite originating from the same attractor.
ECG signals from pacemaker patients exhibited less complex nonlinear properties compared to normal sinus beats.
Pacemaker pulses demonstrably alter the inherent nonlinear dynamics of ECG signals.

Conclusions:

Correlation dimension analysis effectively probes nonlinear property variations in multi-lead ECG.
Pacemaker implantation alters the complexity and dynamics of the ECG attractor.
The study highlights discrepancies in attractor dimensions across leads and reduced complexity in paced rhythms.