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This article will provide instructions on how to load data edited in the Heart Rate Variability (HRV) analysis application into the Impedance Cardiography (IMP) analysis application, and vice versa.
The benefits of loading previously-edited ECG data are time-savings and editing consistency. You don’t need to re-edit the ECG waveform, e.g., if R-peaks were edited in HRV these edits will now be carried over into the impedance application.
Caution: It is not always appropriate to use HRV edits in impedance or vice versa. See our blog post on the topic.
First, open the data file which has been previously edited in HRV.
Note: You are loading the data file, not the edit file at this point
Next, on the Channel Map screen, select an Existing… edit file.
Navigate to the HRV edit file (either .edh or .edh2 file extension) and press Ok.
Notice that the ECG channel selection has been set automatically and is disabled. This is because the edit file is enforcing the use of the ECG channel which had previously been edited in HRV. Select the appropriate impedance channels (Z0 & dZ/dt) and press OK.
On the Setup screen, you will also notice that the ECG filter settings are disabled as well – these are enforced by the edit file to ensure that the data is viewed in the exact way that it was edited.
Another important setting to consider when using HRV edits in IMP is Ignore Estimated Beats. This setting will ignore any beats which were marked as estimates during HRV editing (such as midbeats) when building the Ensemble Average. These beats would typically corrupt the Ensemble Average, so ignoring them will reduce any additional editing that is needed in the IMP application. You will typically want to turn this setting on when using HRV edits.
Press Analyze to proceed with the ECG edits from HRV. Any new edits made will be saved to a new Impedance (.edi2) edit file.