IMPLANTABLE ELECTRODE LOCATION SELECTION
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1. A system for assisting in noninvasive location selection for an implantable electrode comprising:
- electrode apparatus comprising a plurality of external electrodes configured to be located proximate tissue of a patient;
imaging apparatus configured to image at least a portion of blood vessel anatomy of the patient'"'"'s heart;
a display apparatus comprising a graphical user interface, wherein the graphical user interface is configured to depict the at least a portion of blood vessel anatomy of the patient'"'"'s heart; and
computing apparatus coupled to the electrode apparatus, imaging apparatus, and display apparatus and configured to provide the graphical user interface displayed on the display apparatus to assist a user in noninvasively selecting a location for an implantable electrode, wherein the computing apparatus is further configured to;
display, on the graphical user interface, at least a portion of blood vessel anatomy of the patient'"'"'s heart,measure mechanical motion of the at least a portion of blood vessel anatomy of the patient'"'"'s heart using the imaging apparatus,display, on the graphical user interface, mechanical motion information of one or more regions of the at least a portion of blood vessel anatomy of the patient'"'"'s heart based on the measured mechanical motion,identify a region of the one or more regions of the at least a portion of blood vessel anatomy of the patient'"'"'s heart,measure surrogate electrical activation time using one or more external electrodes of the plurality of external electrodes of the electrode apparatus proximate the identified region of the at least a portion of blood vessel anatomy of the patient'"'"'s heart, anddisplay, on the graphical user interface, the measured surrogate activation time for the identified region of the at least a portion of blood vessel anatomy of the patient'"'"'s heart.
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Systems, methods, and interfaces are described herein for assisting in noninvasive location selection for an implantable electrode for use in cardiac therapy. Mechanical motion information and surrogate electrical activation times may be used to identify one or more candidate site regions.
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1. A system for assisting in noninvasive location selection for an implantable electrode comprising:
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electrode apparatus comprising a plurality of external electrodes configured to be located proximate tissue of a patient; imaging apparatus configured to image at least a portion of blood vessel anatomy of the patient'"'"'s heart; a display apparatus comprising a graphical user interface, wherein the graphical user interface is configured to depict the at least a portion of blood vessel anatomy of the patient'"'"'s heart; and computing apparatus coupled to the electrode apparatus, imaging apparatus, and display apparatus and configured to provide the graphical user interface displayed on the display apparatus to assist a user in noninvasively selecting a location for an implantable electrode, wherein the computing apparatus is further configured to; display, on the graphical user interface, at least a portion of blood vessel anatomy of the patient'"'"'s heart, measure mechanical motion of the at least a portion of blood vessel anatomy of the patient'"'"'s heart using the imaging apparatus, display, on the graphical user interface, mechanical motion information of one or more regions of the at least a portion of blood vessel anatomy of the patient'"'"'s heart based on the measured mechanical motion, identify a region of the one or more regions of the at least a portion of blood vessel anatomy of the patient'"'"'s heart, measure surrogate electrical activation time using one or more external electrodes of the plurality of external electrodes of the electrode apparatus proximate the identified region of the at least a portion of blood vessel anatomy of the patient'"'"'s heart, and display, on the graphical user interface, the measured surrogate activation time for the identified region of the at least a portion of blood vessel anatomy of the patient'"'"'s heart. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for assisting in noninvasive location selection for an implantable electrode comprising:
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displaying on a graphical user interface at least a portion of blood vessel anatomy of a patient'"'"'s heart; measuring mechanical motion of the at least a portion of blood vessel anatomy of the patient'"'"'s heart using imaging apparatus; displaying on the graphical user interface mechanical motion information of one or more regions of the at least a portion of blood vessel anatomy of the patient'"'"'s heart based on the measured mechanical motion; identifying a region of the one or more regions of the at least a portion of blood vessel anatomy of the patient'"'"'s heart; measuring surrogate electrical activation time using one or more external electrodes proximate the identified region of the one or more regions of the at least a portion of blood vessel anatomy of the patient'"'"'s heart, wherein the one or more external electrodes are located proximate tissue of a patient; displaying on the graphical user interface the measured surrogate activation time for the identified region of the one or more regions of the at least a portion of blood vessel anatomy of the patient'"'"'s heart; and navigating at least one implantable electrode to the identified region of the one or more regions of the at least a portion of blood vessel anatomy of the patients heart using the graphical user interface. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A system for assisting in noninvasive location selection for an implantable electrode comprising:
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a display apparatus comprising a graphical user interface, wherein the graphical user interface is configured to depict at least a portion of blood vessel anatomy of the patient'"'"'s heart; and computing apparatus coupled to the display apparatus and configured to provide the graphical user interface displayed on the display apparatus to assist a user in noninvasively selecting a location for an implantable electrode, wherein the computing apparatus is further configured to; display, on the graphical user interface, at least a portion of blood vessel anatomy of the patient'"'"'s heart, display, on the graphical user interface, mechanical motion information of one or more regions of the at least a portion of blood vessel anatomy of the patient'"'"'s heart, and display, on the graphical user interface, a measured surrogate activation time for an identified region of the one or more regions of the at least a portion of blood vessel anatomy of the patient'"'"'s heart.
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25. A method for assisting in noninvasive location selection for an implantable electrode comprising:
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displaying on a graphical user interface at least a portion of blood vessel anatomy of a patient'"'"'s heart; displaying on the graphical user interface mechanical motion information of one or more regions of the at least a portion of blood vessel anatomy of the patient'"'"'s heart; and displaying on the graphical user interface a measured surrogate activation time for an identified region of the one or more regions of the at least a portion of blood vessel anatomy of the patient'"'"'s heart
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