System and method for facilitating cardiac intervention
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1. A method of assessing treatments for a human heart, comprising:
- providing at least one image of human heart tissue from the heart to a computer system, wherein the image comprises a plurality of structural elements of the human heart;
performing a first surgical structural modification of at least one of the plurality of structural elements of the human heart;
performing at least a second surgical structural modification of at least one of the plurality of structural elements of the human heart, wherein the second surgical structural modification is performed independent of the first surgical structural modification; and
comparing at least one effect of the first surgical structural modification on the human heart to at least one effect of the second surgical structural modification on the human heart, or comparing at least one effect of the second surgical structural modification on the human heart to at least one effect of the first surgical structural modification on the human heart.
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Abstract
One embodiment discloses a computerized method of facilitating cardiac intervention, comprising inputting patient data, creating a computerized interactive model of a diseased heart based on the patient data, wherein the model comprises structural elements, simulating at least one proposed cardiac intervention treatment by adding or deleting structural elements to the model, and determining the effects of the proposed cardiac simulation upon the entire model. Simulations may be repeated to allow the user to determine an optimal cardiac intervention. Additionally, a template may be created from the model to use as a guide during the cardiac intervention.
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1. A method of assessing treatments for a human heart, comprising:
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providing at least one image of human heart tissue from the heart to a computer system, wherein the image comprises a plurality of structural elements of the human heart; performing a first surgical structural modification of at least one of the plurality of structural elements of the human heart; performing at least a second surgical structural modification of at least one of the plurality of structural elements of the human heart, wherein the second surgical structural modification is performed independent of the first surgical structural modification; and comparing at least one effect of the first surgical structural modification on the human heart to at least one effect of the second surgical structural modification on the human heart, or comparing at least one effect of the second surgical structural modification on the human heart to at least one effect of the first surgical structural modification on the human heart. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method of assessing treatments for a human heart, comprising:
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providing a plurality of images of heart tissue from a human heart to a computer system; using the images to create at least a second image of the heart tissue, wherein the image comprises a plurality of structural elements of the human heart, and wherein at least a portion of the second image appears at least three-dimensional; performing a first surgical structural modification of at least one of the plurality of structural elements of the human heart; performing at least a second surgical structural modification of at least one of the plurality of structural elements of the human heart, wherein the second surgical structural modification is performed independent of the first surgical structural modification; and comparing at least one effect of the first surgical structural modification on the human heart to at least one effect of the second surgical structural modification on the human heart, or comparing at least one effect of the second surgical structural modification on the human heart to at least one effect of the first surgical structural modification on the human heart. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A method of assessing treatments for a human heart, comprising:
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providing at least one image of human heart tissue from the heart to a computer system, wherein the image comprises a plurality of structural elements of the human heart; performing a surgical structural modification of at least one of the plurality of structural elements of the human heart; and comparing the surgical structural modification on the human heart to one or more reference modifications on a human heart in a database to assess at least one effect of the modification on the human heart. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59)
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