Characterization of supraventricular rhythm using collected cardiac beats
First Claim
1. A method for characterizing a patient'"'"'s supraventricular rhythm, comprising:
- collecting cardiac beats representative of the patient'"'"'s supraventricular rhythm during a plurality of periods, of which some are noncontiguous; and
characterizing the patient'"'"'s supraventricular rhythm using the collected cardiac beats.
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Abstract
The supraventricular rhythm of a patient'"'"'s heart is characterized using cardiac beats collected during a plurality of time periods, some of which are noncontiguous. Pacing parameters may be modified to allow the development of a spontaneous rhythm. According to various aspects of the invention, waveforms of the collected cardiac beats are stored for later processing, or are combined with previously collected beats and the combination is stored. When a sufficient number of cardiac beats are collected, the patient'"'"'s supraventricular rhythm is characterized using the collected cardiac beats.
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38 Claims
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1. A method for characterizing a patient'"'"'s supraventricular rhythm, comprising:
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collecting cardiac beats representative of the patient'"'"'s supraventricular rhythm during a plurality of periods, of which some are noncontiguous; and
characterizing the patient'"'"'s supraventricular rhythm using the collected cardiac beats. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A body implantable system for characterizing a patient'"'"'s supraventricular rhythm, comprising:
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a lead system, the lead system comprising electrodes extending into a heart;
a detector system coupled to the lead system, the detector system configured to detect cardiac beats; and
a control system coupled to the detector system, the control system configured to control pacing of the patient'"'"'s heart, collect the cardiac beats representative of the patient'"'"'s supraventricular rhythm during a plurality of periods, of which some are noncontiguous, and characterize the patient'"'"'s supraventricular rhythm using the collected cardiac beats. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A system for characterizing a patient'"'"'s supraventricular rhythm,
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means for collecting cardiac beats during a plurality of periods, of which some are noncontiguous; and
means for characterizing the patient'"'"'s supraventricular rhythm using the collected cardiac beats. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38)
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