High Density Atrial Fibrillatrion Cycle Length (AFCL) Detection and Mapping System

a high density atrial fibrillation and cycle length technology, applied in the field of intervention and treatment of heart conditions, can solve the problems of embolic stroke, limited ablating focal triggers, and heart stopping blood pumping,
US20090204113A1Inactive Publication Date: 2009-08-13BOSTON SCI SCIMED INC
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Authority / Receiving Office
US · United States
Patent Type
Applications(United States)
Current Assignee / Owner
BOSTON SCI SCIMED INC
Publication Date
2009-08-13
Estimated Expiration
Not applicable · inactive patent

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Abstract

Systems and methods to assist in locating the focus of an atrial fibrillation include the association of atrial fibrillation cycle length values and statistics relating thereto with temporal locations on an electrogram of a given electrode, and / or the coordination of electrode locations with respective the spectral analyses of electrogram signals and further parameters and statistics relating thereto. Ablation therapy can proceed under guidance of such information.
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION

[0001] The present invention relates to intervention and treatment of heart conditions such as atrial arrhythmias and more particularly atrial fibrillation with regard to characteristics of the heart tissue itself, and more particularly the present invention concerns the use of atrial fibrillation cycle length determinations in the mapping, diagnosis, treatment and prevention and intervention of atrial fibrillation as well as computer-implemented systems and interfaces relating thereto.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0002] Atrial fibrillation together with atrial flutter is the most commonly sustained arrhythmia found in clinical practice. Although there has been an increased awareness in the last several years of the potentially serious clinical consequences of both arrhythmias, their basic electrophysiological mechanisms and optimal management strategies only recently have been understood. Atrial fibrillation (AF) involves rapid and chaotic beating of the individua...

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