Identifying patients at risk for life threatening arrhythmias

a technology for identifying patients and arrhythmias, which is applied in the direction of material analysis, instruments, biological materials, etc., can solve the problems that many patients experiencing ventricular tachyarrhythmias may be at risk of losing heart function, and achieve the effect of increasing or decreasing the concentration of identifiable proteins

Inactive Publication Date: 2010-02-25
MEDTRONIC INC
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Many patients experiencing ventricular tachyarrhythmia may be at risk of loss of heart function.

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[0014]FIG. 1 is a conceptual logical diagram illustrating an embodiment of the invention. Based upon measuring one or more biochemical markers in a group of patients 10, the invention provides for assessing a risk of ventricular tachyarrhythmia in each patient as a function of the measurement.

[0015]In the illustration shown in FIG. 1, a “tree analysis” sorts the patients into groups according to measurements of three biochemical markers. The biochemical markers are identified by the letters “A,”“B,”“C” and “D.” Typical biochemical markers include proteins (that includes, for example, peptides, polypeptides, and polyamino acids of any length or conformation), lipids, genes and peptides or any combination thereof, but the illustration shown in FIG. 1 is not limited to any particular biochemical marker or set of biochemical markers. Specific examples of biochemical markers are discussed below.

[0016]For each patient, a measure of a first biochemical marker (denoted MA) is determined. De...

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The invention is a method for identifying proteins associated with sudden cardiac death (SCD) and for assessing a patient's risk of SCD by determining the amount of one or more SCD-associated proteins in the patient. Typically, the patient submits a sample, such as a blood sample, which is tested for one or more SCD-associated proteins. Based upon the results of the tests, the patient's risk of SCD may be assessed.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 11 / 157,549, filed on Jun. 21, 2005, which is a continuation-in-part from U.S. application Ser. No. 11 / 050,611, filed on Feb. 3, 2005, which claims priority from U.S. Provisional Application No. 60 / 541,004, filed on Feb. 5, 2004.[0002]This application is related to the application entitled “Self-Improving Classification System” and “Self-Improving Identification Method,” which were filed on Jun. 12, 2005 and also assigned to Medtronic, Inc.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]The present invention relates to a system and method for identifying candidates for receiving cardiac therapy based on biochemical markers associated with propensity for arrhythmias.[0004]Many patients experiencing ventricular tachyarrhythmia may be at risk of loss of heart function. Sudden cardiac death, which results from a loss of heart function, is often preceded by episodes of ventricular tachyarrhythmia...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): G01N33/00G01N33/68G06F19/00
CPCG01N2800/326G01N33/6893
Inventor SOYKAN, ORHANDEARKING, AMY C.ROBINSON, TIMOTHY H.OLSON, WALTER H.SHARMA, VINOD
Owner MEDTRONIC INC
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