Heartbeat Analysis with Python and SciPy (Part 1: EKGs and R Waves)

Analyze real electrocardiograms (EKGs) with Python and SciPy. This is the first in a series of videos on analyzing QRS complexes and EKGs with Python code. Stay tuned for upcoming tutorials. Tutorial in written form: https://medium.com/@protobioengineering/list/heart-and-electrocardiogram-analysis-9ed30d0083b4 For those using earlier versions of SciPy, to import the electrocardiogram dataset, write `scipy.misc.electrocardiogram()`. Ninja Nerd EKG Basics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNN30YHsJw0 6-second ECG game: https://skillstat.com/tools/ecg-simulator/ Disclaimer: Please do not use this video, dataset, code, or related articles to diagnose yourself or anybody else with a heart issue or any other health problem. Do not make medical decisions based off of this dataset, any articles by Proto, or any code written by us, yourself, or others. If you are concerned about your health or the health of others, please consult a licensed physician. Chapters: 0:00 What are electrocardiograms? 0:52 Disclaimer (None of this is medical advice. Please see a licensed physician!) 1:06 What other EKG tutorials are missing 1:30 How medical professionals look at EKGs 2:00 How we'll use SciPy for Python to analyze heartbeats 2:46 Starting coding on Kaggle.com 3:19 Importing SciPy and other libraries 4:48 Loading the EKG with electrocardiogram() 5:31 Plotting the EKG data 6:31 Zooming in on the graph to see heartbeats (AKA "QRS complexes") 7:44 What does a "QRS complex" tell us about the heart? 8:32 Parts of the QRS complex 9:05 "Labeling" the real EKG data by eye 10:19 "Bad" heartbeats, AKA "arrhythmias" 12:18 What our code will ACTUALLY do given this info 12:27 More on heartbeats and the waves of the QRS complex 14:09 Go watch Ninja Nerd's EKG Basics video 14:28 Starting the code 15:26 Finding the R waves with SciPy's find_peaks() function 17:49 Plotting the R waves 20:13 Topics for the next video Key Terms: * electrocardiogram (ECG/EKG) * arrhythmia * atrial flutter * atria / atrium, ventricles * QRS complex * R wave, P wave, T wave, etc. * depolarization, repolarization * SciPy, NumPy, Pandas, Matplotlib