Electrocardiogram reconstruction from implanted device electrograms
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1. A method for creating a reconstructed surface electrocardiogram, comprising:
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i) a traditional electrocardiogram (sEKG) from skin surface electrodes;
ii) at least one intracardiac electromyogram (EGM) from an implanted cardiac device, wherein said device is connected a plurality of electrode leads;
b) comparing, using a processor said sEKG and said EGM to obtain an EGM/sEKG correlation parameter with said implanted cardiac device;
wherein different correlation parameters are obtained for multiple patient positions andc) calculating using the processor the relative spatial orientation of said intracardiac electromyogram device leads to that of said skin surface electrodes to create a reconstructed electrocardiogram using said correlation parameter, wherein said reconstructed electrocardiogram is free of any extraneous electrical activity, andd) analyzing or displaying the reconstructed surface electrocardiogram in order to monitor or analyze cardiac function.
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Abstract
A method of reconstruction of the standard 12-lead surface EKG given values of the electrical potential from an implanted medical device is described. This implanted device can be oriented in an arbitrary fashion and reconstruction technique is obtained through physical measurement of the orientation of the implanted device or correlation with a standard 12-lead EKG obtained from the patient.
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1. A method for creating a reconstructed surface electrocardiogram, comprising:
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a) collecting; i) a traditional electrocardiogram (sEKG) from skin surface electrodes; ii) at least one intracardiac electromyogram (EGM) from an implanted cardiac device, wherein said device is connected a plurality of electrode leads; b) comparing, using a processor said sEKG and said EGM to obtain an EGM/sEKG correlation parameter with said implanted cardiac device;
wherein different correlation parameters are obtained for multiple patient positions andc) calculating using the processor the relative spatial orientation of said intracardiac electromyogram device leads to that of said skin surface electrodes to create a reconstructed electrocardiogram using said correlation parameter, wherein said reconstructed electrocardiogram is free of any extraneous electrical activity, and d) analyzing or displaying the reconstructed surface electrocardiogram in order to monitor or analyze cardiac function. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system, comprising:
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a) an implanted cardiac device comprising a positional sensor, wherein said device is connected to a plurality of electrode leads, and wherein said leads provide intracardiac electrograms (EGM); b) a computer comprising at least one microprocessor wherein said microprocessor comprises a plurality of rEKG threshold exceedances, wherein said computer is operably linked to said cardiac device; c) a plurality of EGM/sEKG correlation parameters residing on said at least one microprocessor, wherein each parameter is derived from differential data from said positional sensor;
wherein different correlation parameters are obtained for multiple patient positions andd) an algorithm residing on said at least one microprocessor, wherein said algorithm calculates a reconstructed EKG (rEKG) using said correlation parameters. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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