Abstract:
AIM Based on RR interval data, an Informer classification model for atrial fibrillation (AF) and premature contractions (premature beats) was constructed and evaluated.
METHODS A total of dynamic electrocardiograms of 150 patients with sinus rhythm, persistent atrial fibrillation, frequent atrial premature beats, and frequent ventricular premature beats were collected. RR interval sequences were extracted and 50 beat segments were cut. The training set (n=8941), validation set (n=2235), and test set (n=3013) were randomly selected to construct Informer and VGG16classification models, and their classification performance was evaluated.
RESULTS Compared with the SR group, the AF group showed an increase in average heart rate (P<0.01); Compared with the AF group, the average heart rate of the PAC group and PVC group decreased (both P<0.01); The overall classification accuracy of the Informer model is 91.04%, with the highest sensitivity and negative predictive value for AF at 99.77% and 99.90%, respectively. The specificity and positive predictive value for SR are the highest at 99.47% and 98.74%, respectively. The overall diagnostic performance for SR is the best, with an accuracy of 96.81%. There is no difference in the classification performance of Informer and VGG16 for SR and PVC, but the classification performance of informer for PAC is better than VGG16 (P<0.01), and the classification performance of informer for AF is inferior to VGG16 (P<0.05). There is a high degree of consistency between the Informer model and the diagnostic results of electrocardiogram experts (Kappa=0.8784).
CONCLUSION The Informer model constructed based on RR interval temporal data can classify common arrhythmias such as atrial fibrillation and premature beats.