Posterior Body Surface Potential Mapping Using Capacitive-Coupled Electrodes and Its Application.
	    		
		   		
		   			
		   		
	    	
    	 
    	10.3346/jkms.2012.27.12.1517
   		
        
        	
        	
        	
        		- Author:
	        		
		        		
		        		
			        		Youngjin CHO
			        		
			        		
			        		
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			        		Seungmin LEE
			        		
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			        		Eue Keun CHOI
			        		
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			        		Hyo Eun PARK
			        		
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			        		Kwang Suk PARK
			        		
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			        		Seil OH
			        		
			        		
		        		
		        		
		        		
		        		
		        			
			        		
			        		Author Information
			        		
		        		
		        		
			        		
			        		
			        			1. Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. seil@snu.ac.kr
			        		
		        		
	        		
        		 
        	
        	
        	
        		- Publication Type:Original Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
 
        	
        	
        		- Keywords:
        			
	        			
	        				
	        				
			        		
				        		Body Surface Potential Map;
			        		
			        		
			        		
				        		Electrocardiography;
			        		
			        		
			        		
				        		Myocardial Infarction
			        		
			        		
	        			
        			
        		
 
        	
            
            	- MeSH:
            	
	        			
	        				
	        				
				        		
					        		Adult;
				        		
			        		
				        		
					        		Aged;
				        		
			        		
				        		
					        		Area Under Curve;
				        		
			        		
				        		
					        		Body Surface Potential Mapping/instrumentation/*methods;
				        		
			        		
				        		
					        		Bundle-Branch Block/diagnosis;
				        		
			        		
				        		
					        		Electrocardiography;
				        		
			        		
				        		
					        		Electrodes;
				        		
			        		
				        		
					        		Humans;
				        		
			        		
				        		
					        		Male;
				        		
			        		
				        		
					        		Middle Aged;
				        		
			        		
				        		
					        		Myocardial Infarction/diagnosis;
				        		
			        		
				        		
					        		Principal Component Analysis;
				        		
			        		
				        		
					        		ROC Curve
				        		
			        		
	        			
	        			
            	
            	
 
            
            
            	- From:Journal of Korean Medical Science
	            		
	            		 2012;27(12):1517-1523
	            	
            	
 
            
            
            	- CountryRepublic of Korea
 
            
            
            	- Language:English
 
            
            
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		        	Abstract:
			       	
			       		
				        
				        	Using 49 capacitive-coupled electrodes, mattress-type harness was developed to obtain posterior body surface potential map (P-BSPM) in dressed individuals. The aim of this study was to investigate how valuable information P-BSPM could provide, especially in discrimination of old myocardial infarction (OMI). P-BSPM of 59 individuals were analyzed; 23 normal control, 11 right bundle branch block (RBBB), 3 left bundle branch block (LBBB) and 19 OMI patients. Principal component analysis and linear hyper-plane approach were used to evaluate diagnostic performance. The axes of P-BSPM vector potential corresponded well with 12-lead electrocardiogram. During QRS, the end point of P-BSPM vector potential demonstrated characteristic clockwise rotation in RBBB, and counterclockwise rotation in LBBB patients. In OMI, initial negativity on P-BSPM during QRS was more frequently located at lower half, and also stronger in patients with inferior myocardial infarction (MI). The area under the receiver-operating characteristic curve of P-BSPM during QRS in diagnosing overall OMI, anterior MI, and inferior MI was 0.83 (95% confidence interval, 0.70-0.97), 0.71 (0.47-0.94), and 0.98 (0.94-1.0), respectively (P = 0.022 for anterior vs inferior MI groups). In conclusion, the novel P-BSPM provides detailed information for cardiac electrical dynamics and is applicable to diagnosing OMI, especially inferior myocardial infarction.