Rautaharju P M, MacInnis P J, Warren J W, Wolf H K, Rykers P M, Calhoun H P
Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Methods Inf Med. 1990 Sep;29(4):362-74.
The Dalhousie ECG Program was designed specifically for the needs of epidemiologic studies, health surveys, and clinical trials. The program logic is dynamic in that it can accommodate any combination of ECG leads, record length and sampling rate. The NOVACODE module of the program classifies ECGs according to the Minnesota Code, supplemented with new sets of logic criteria for conduction defects, acute myocardial infarction, and serial ECG changes. Improved statistical models are incorporated for enhanced detection of myocardial infarction using the Cardiac Infarction Injury Score, and for quantification of left ventricular mass estimation. It is anticipated that these program improvements will enhance its utility particularly in monitoring progression and regression of cardiac involvement in hypertensive and ischemic heart disease, and in the assessment of the effectiveness of intervention on cardiovascular disease risk factors.
达尔豪西心电图程序是专门为流行病学研究、健康调查和临床试验的需求而设计的。该程序逻辑是动态的，因为它可以适应心电图导联、记录长度和采样率的任何组合。该程序的NOVACODE模块根据明尼苏达编码对心电图进行分类，并补充了用于传导缺陷、急性心肌梗死和系列心电图变化的新逻辑标准集。纳入了改进的统计模型，以使用心肌梗死损伤评分增强对心肌梗死的检测，并用于量化左心室质量估计。预计这些程序改进将提高其效用，特别是在监测高血压和缺血性心脏病中心脏受累的进展和消退，以及评估心血管疾病危险因素干预的有效性方面。
