INTRODUCTION Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is the fourth leading cause of mortality worldwide. It is defined as a persistent airflow limitation usually progressive and not fully reversible to treatment. The diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and severity of disease is confirmed by spirometry. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease produces electrical changes in the heart ...

BACKGROUND The electrocardiogram artifact is a major contamination in the electromyogram signals when electromyogram signal is recorded from upper trunk muscles and because of that the contaminated electromyogram is not useful. Objective : Removing electrocardiogram contamination from electromyogram signals. METHODS In this paper, the clean electromyogram signal, electrocardiogram artifact an...

Management of acute myocardial ischaemia is dependent upon interpretation of the 12-lead electrocardiogram. The presence of ventricular pacing and acute myocardial infarction makes electrocardiogram interpretation difficult. This may impact upon patient management if treating staff are unaware of the expected electrocardiogram morphology or do not have a rapidly available means to make the diag...