Telemetry of patients with pacemaker applying ECG soniiication

Abstract

Modern communication technologies allow significant extension of the ambulatory monitoring of risk patients. The practice shows that one of the most common causes for remote monitoring compromise is the lack of skills for use of the equipment. An alternative representation of ECG is investigated in this paper. The aim is to provide an innovative approach for ECG transmission on long distance using a simple GSM module working in standard voice communication mode. The proposed procedure — "sonification" is tested with signals recorded from patients with cardiostimulator. Our experiments confirmed reliability of data processing and signal presentation with quality guarantying the correctness of medical conclusions.