INTERACTIVE AND DYNAMIC ECG ANALYSIS - IS IT JUST AN IDEA OR A CLINICALLY RELEVANT APPROACH

The idea that it is possible to increase the overall electrocardiograp hic (EGG) diagnostic performance is developed in this paper, provided that different programs or methods and various data sources are combin ed and that the dynamicity of the patients' record is considered. This dynamicity consists of the following three dimensions: beat-to-beat c hanges within continuous recordings, changes between serial records, a nd clinical events. Data integration should be time- or event-related, and multisources data should interact. Interactive and dynamic ECG an alysis (IDEA), however, can only be achieved if powerful clinical work stations are developed that access the right information, when and whe re needed, a challenge that the IDEA workstation intends to accomplish .