ECG Arrhythmia Time Series Classification Using 1D Convolution –LSTM Neural Networks

An electrocardiogram (ECG) can be dependablyused as a measuring device to monitor cardiovascular function. The abnormal heartbeat appears in the ECG pattern and these abnormal signals are called arrhythmias. Classification and automatic arrhythmia signals can provide a faster and more accurate result. Several machine learning approaches have been applied to enhance the accuracy of results and increase the speed and robustness of models. This paper proposes a method based on Time-series Classification using deep Convolutional -LSTM neural networks and Discrete Wavelet Transform to classify 4 different types of Arrhythmia in the MIT-BIH Database. According to the results, the suggested method gives predictions with an average accuracy of 97% without needing to do feature extraction or data augmentation.