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Area of Science:

  • Cardiology
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Biomedical Engineering

Background:

  • Electrocardiogram (ECG) analysis for arrhythmia classification faces challenges with high false positive rates and poor generalization across datasets.
  • Conventional deep learning models often analyze short, isolated ECG segments (30 seconds), missing diagnostic features of arrhythmias like atrial fibrillation (AF) that manifest over longer durations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce S4ECG, a novel deep learning architecture utilizing structured state-space models (S4), designed to capture long-range temporal dependencies in ECG data.
  • To evaluate the efficacy of analyzing multiple consecutive ECG windows (up to 20 minutes) for improved multi-class arrhythmia classification and cross-dataset generalization.

Main Methods:

  • Developed S4ECG, a deep learning architecture based on structured state-space models (S4).
  • Jointly analyzed multiple consecutive ECG windows, extending analysis duration up to 20 minutes.
  • Evaluated S4ECG on four public ECG databases for multi-class arrhythmia classification, including systematic cross-dataset evaluations for robustness.

Main Results:

  • Multi-window analysis consistently outperformed single-window methods, increasing the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUROC) by 1.0-11.6%.
  • For AF detection, specificity improved from 0.718-0.979 to 0.967-0.998 at a fixed sensitivity, reducing false positives by 3-10 fold.
  • S4 architecture demonstrated superior performance compared to convolutional neural network baselines.

Conclusions:

  • The S4 architecture and multi-window analysis significantly enhance arrhythmia classification accuracy and cross-dataset generalization.
  • Optimal diagnostic windows were identified as 10-20 minutes, suggesting these reflect underlying physiological timescales of arrhythmogenic dynamics.
  • Findings offer practical guidance for ECG monitoring system design, improving detection of arrhythmias like AF.