Jorge Sánchez Arciniegas, researcher of the COR group at the ITACA Institute of the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), has been awarded the prestigious ‘CinC Maastricht Simulation Award (MSA)’ during the international conference ‘Computing in Cardiology (CinC) 2024’, held in Karlsruhe (Germany) from 8 to 11 September 2024.
This award is one of the most important recognitions in the field of cardiovascular simulations and is given to the best contribution made at the conference. Specifically, the award seeks to highlight innovative research that uses cutting-edge technologies to improve the understanding, diagnosis and treatment of heart disease.
‘ECGI is a non-invasive technique that provides maps of the electrical activity of the heart. This technology is revolutionising the diagnosis and treatment of cardiac arrhythmias’, says the ITACA researcher.
Dr Sánchez Arciniegas’ work, developed in collaboration with the COR research group led by María S. Guillem, highlights the transformative potential of ECGI by enabling accurate visualisation of complex arrhythmia patterns, facilitating more precise diagnoses and targeted therapies.
The paper, entitled ‘A Model Population-Based Approach to Enhance the Detection of Premature Ventricular Contraction of ECGI’, uses the capability of computational modelling to generate a virtual population which, when compared against the ECGI signals measured in a patient, is able to identify the origin of a ventricular extrasystole. Ventricular extrasystole is an extra beat produced by abnormal electrical activation originating in the ventricles.
‘I am very happy to receive this award, which would not have been possible without the collaboration and support of my colleagues in the COR group at ITACA. Therefore, this award is also a recognition for them,’ concludes the ITACA researcher.