Projet WASTCArD (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2014)
Action : Staff Exchanges
Panel : Life Sciences
Statut du projet : CLOSED

Abnormal heart rhythms are a major cause of cardiovascular disease and death in Europe. Sudden cardiac death accounts for 50% of cardiac mortality in developed countries; ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation is the commonest underlying arrhythmia. In the ambulatory population, atrial fibrillation is the commonest one, and is associated with increased risk of stroke and heart failure, particularly in the aged population. If arrhythmias are detected at an early stage of heart disease, appropriate treatment can be effective, reducing disability and death. However, in the early stages of disease these may be transient, lasting only a few seconds, and thus difficult to detect. Current approaches to cardiac rhythm monitoring include: a) non-invasive external recording devices; which are suitable for short term (<24h) recording, and b) implantable loop recorders, which are inserted subcutaneously beneath the chest wall; capable of monitoring heart rhythm for extended periods, but there is considerable expense associated with the device, hospitalisation costs and risk of infection. The proposed joint research project through staff exchange activities, will investigate enabling technologies for non-invasive recording heart rhythm during long periods of time (>36h), using a wrist or arm wearable device with novel ECG sensing techniques and embedded real-time cardiac arrhythmia detection processes. The problem of extracting the far-field heart electrogram signal from noise components will be addressed using smart denoising algorithms. The project will impact by establishing a successful international and intersectoral partnership for the development of new technologies addressing a significant cardiovascular healthcare problem. These technologies will be suitable for integration into current e-Health and cardiac information systems, and will impact on healthcare costs reduction by improved efficiency in the diagnosis and early treatment of cardiac disease

Mots clés : long term wearable sensors, ecg denoising techniques, dry ecg electrodes, heart rhythm, far field ecg, holter monitoring, pulse oximetry, arrhythmia detection, connected health devices

Participants :
- University of Zagreb (Croatie) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 81000.0 €
- Simón Bolívar University (Venezuela) — Partner, organization partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- University of Carabobo (Venezuela) — Partner, organization partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Colombie) — Partner, organization partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- University of Ulster (Royaume-Uni) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 135000.0 €
- Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Brésil) — Partner, organization partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- S.d. informatika doo informaticki inzenjering, poslovne usluge i trgovina (Croatie) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 13500.0 €
- South East Technological University (Irlande) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 31500.0 €
- Institut national des sciences appliquées de Lyon (France) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 18000.0 €
- Southern Health and Social Care Trust (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 45000.0 €
- Intelesens ltd (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €