Characterization of t wave amplitude, duration and morphology changes during hemodialysis: Relationship with serum electrolyte levels and heart rate

Bukhari, Syed Hassaan Ahmed (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Palmieri, Flavio ; Ramírez, Julia ; Laguna, Pablo (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Ruiz, José Esteban (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Ferreira, Dina ; Potse, Mark ; Sánchez, Carlos (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Pueyo, Esther (Universidad de Zaragoza)

Resumen: Objective: Chronic kidney disease affects more than 10% of the world population. Changes in serum ion concentrations increase the risk for ventricular arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death, particularly in end stage renal disease (ESRD) patients. We characterized how T wave amplitude, duration and morphology descriptors change with variations in serum levels of potassium and calcium and in heart rate, both in ESRD patients and in simulated ventricular fibers. Methods: Electrocardiogram (ECG) recordings from twenty ESRD patients undergoing hemodialysis (HD) and pseudo-ECGs (pECGs) calculated from twenty-two simulated ventricular fibers at varying transmural heterogeneity levels were processed to quantify T wave width (Tw), T wave slope-to-amplitude ratio (TS/A) and four indices of T wave morphological variability based on time warping (dw, dNLw, da and dNLa). Serum potassium and calcium levels and heart rate were measured along HD. Results: dNL with serum potassium, dw with calcium and da with heart rate, after correction for covariates. Median values of partial correlation coefficients were 0.75,−0.74 and −0.90, respectively. For all analyzed T wave descriptors, high inter-patient variability was observed in the pattern of such relationships. This variability, accentuated during the first HD time points, was reproduced in the simulations and shown to be influenced by differences in transmural heterogeneity. Conclusion: Changes in serum potassium and calcium levels and in heart rate strongly affect T wave descriptors, particularly those quantifying morphological variability. Significance: ECG markers have the potential to be used for monitoring serum ion concentrations in ESRD patients.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2020.3043844

Año: 2021

Publicado en: IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering 68, 8 (2021), 2467-2478
ISSN: 0018-9294

Factor impacto JCR: 4.756 (2021)

Categ. JCR: ENGINEERING, BIOMEDICAL rank: 37 / 98 = 0.378 (2021) - Q2 - T2

Factor impacto CITESCORE: 9.4 - Engineering (Q1)

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 1.298 - Biomedical Engineering (Q1)

Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA-FSE/LMP124-18
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA-FSE/T39-20R-BSICoS group
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/638284/EU/Is your heart aging well? A systems biology approach to characterize cardiac aging from the cell to the body surface/MODELAGE
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/764738/EU/Personalised In-Silico Cardiology/PIC
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/786833/EU/GENetics and the Electrocardiogram for predicting Scd rISk/GENESIS
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MICINN/PID2019-104881RB-I00
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MICIU/PID2019-105674RB-I00

Tipo y forma: Artículo (PostPrint)

Área (Departamento): Área Ingen.Sistemas y Automát. (Dpto. Informát.Ingenie.Sistms.)
Área (Departamento): Area Medicina (Dpto. Medicina, Psiqu. y Derm.)
Área (Departamento): Área Teoría Señal y Comunicac. (Dpto. Ingeniería Electrón.Com.)