Surgery – Diagnostic testing – Cardiovascular
Patent
1997-03-31
1999-09-21
Jastrzab, Jeffrey R.
Surgery
Diagnostic testing
Cardiovascular
A61B 504
Patent
active
059546611
ABSTRACT:
Heart tissue is characterized by using pacing without inducing ventricular tachycardia (VT). With the tissue characterization, a patient's risk of developing VT can be determined and a slow conduction zone in the patient's heart can be determined. The characterization involves applying pacing signals with varying pacing cycle intervals to a chamber of the patient's heart to pace the patient's heart. The response signals generated by the paced heart are received and used as the basis for characterizing the patient's heart tissue.
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Greenspon Arnold J.
Hsu Steve S.
Panescu Dorin
Swanson David K.
Whayne James G.
Boston Scientific Corporation
Jastrzab Jeffrey R.
Thomas Jefferson University
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