IDENTIFICATION AND VISUALIZATION OF CARDIAC ACTIVATION SEQUENCE IN MULTI-CHANNEL RECORDINGS
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1. A method comprising the steps of:
- inserting a probe into a heart of a living subject, the probe having a plurality of electrodes;
recording respective intracardiac electrograms from the electrodes;
establishing annotations for each of the electrograms;
within a time window detecting from the annotations a velocity pattern comprising a monotonically increasing local activation time sequence pattern in the annotations of a set of the electrograms and the electrodes thereof, each electrode of the set being disposed within a predetermined distance from at least one other electrode of the set; and
displaying the electrograms of the set.
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Abstract
Intracardiac electrograms are recorded using a multi-electrode catheter and respective annotations established. Within a time window a pattern comprising a monotonically increasing local activation time sequence from a set of electrograms from neighboring electrodes is detected. The set is reordered and displayed for the operator.
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19 Claims
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1. A method comprising the steps of:
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inserting a probe into a heart of a living subject, the probe having a plurality of electrodes; recording respective intracardiac electrograms from the electrodes; establishing annotations for each of the electrograms; within a time window detecting from the annotations a velocity pattern comprising a monotonically increasing local activation time sequence pattern in the annotations of a set of the electrograms and the electrodes thereof, each electrode of the set being disposed within a predetermined distance from at least one other electrode of the set; and displaying the electrograms of the set. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An apparatus comprising:
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a probe having a plurality of electrodes on a distal portion thereof; electrical circuitry for recording respective time-varying electrograms from the electrodes when the probe is at a location in a heart of a living subject; a memory for storing the electrograms; a display; and a processor connected to the memory and operative for performing the steps of; establishing annotations of local activation times from the respective intracardiac electrograms the annotations defining a pattern comprising a velocity of electrical propagation in the heart; within a time window detecting a velocity pattern comprising a monotonically increasing local activation time sequence pattern in the annotations of a set of the electrograms and the electrodes thereof, each electrode of the set being disposed within a predetermined distance from at least one other electrode of the set; and displaying the electrograms of the set on the display. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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