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[Informational function of heart and its apply if diagnostics of medical disease]

V M Uspenskiĭ

    Voenno-Meditsinskii Zhurnal
    |January 25, 2011
    PubMed

    Insights

    The heart generates impulses with informational content, enabling a new diagnostic approach. This technology analyzes electrocardiogram (ECG) signals to identify internal organ diseases.

    Area of Science:

    • Biophysics
    • Cardiology
    • Medical Informatics

    Background:

    • The heart generates electric, magnetic, and hydrodynamic impulses with biophysical properties.
    • These properties suggest an 'informational function' of the heart, transmitting information via impulse variability and modulation.
    • This information is encoded within cardiosignals.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To implement the theory of the heart's informational functions into a technology for informational analysis of electrocardiogram (ECG) signals.
    • To develop diagnostic systems for identifying internal organ diseases based on ECG analysis.

    Main Methods:

    • Encoding and transformation of probable parameter variability in ECG signals into a code text.
    • Identification of specific symbol combinations representing normal physiological states and internal diseases.
    • Testing of diagnostic systems based on these identified patterns.

    Main Results:

    • Established specific symbol combinations correlating with normal states and various internal diseases.
    • Developed and tested diagnostic systems capable of diagnosing common internal organ diseases.
    • Demonstrated the practical applicability of informational ECG analysis in medical practice.

    Conclusions:

    • The heart's informational function can be harnessed for diagnostic purposes.
    • Informational analysis of ECG signals offers a novel method for disease detection.
    • The developed diagnostic systems show promise for routine medical practice.

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