SmartCardia for the Detection of Myocardial Ischemia in Coronary Artery Disease

Coronary artery disease and myocardial ischemia are among the leading causes of death and disability in the Westerns countries. Timely and accurate diagnosis of myocardial ischemia at the moment of symptom onset is crucial and often delayed. Portable smart medical devices nowadays offers the possibility of ubiquitous self multi-parametric monitoring. Application of such technologies to timely and autonomous detection of myocardial ischemia could be an effective strategy to an earlier and better treatment of symptomatic coronary artery disease. The primary objective is to assess the changes in recorded by the SmartCardia patch (respiratory rate, pulse transit time, heart rate and single ECG trace) during induced ischemia during elective coronary angioplasty procedures. The secondary objective is to asses whether myocardial ischemia can be predicted and quantified by changes in the parameters recorded by SmartCardia patch (respiratory rate, pulse transit time, heart rate and single ECG trace).