Impedance-based cardiac therapy planning method with a remote surgical navigation system
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1. A method of defining ablation lines in the left atrium of the heart, comprising:
- i) performing impedance mapping of the left atrium and a pair of pulmonary veins;
ii) for each pulmonary vein, defining an impedance threshold value corresponding to the pulmonary vein ostium;
iii) defining iso-impedance contours for each of the veins based on corresponding impedance threshold ii) and impedance mapping i);
iv) determining whether the two iso-impedance contours iii) are a) crossing;
b) tangent;
or c) neither;
v) increasing or decreasing the two respective impedance contour values by a predetermined amount if the contours are crossing, or not, respectively, and defining corresponding iso-impedance contours;
vi) iterating over steps iv) and v) until the two contours are tangent, and defining an associated single iso-impedance contour; and
vii) retaining the corresponding iso-impedance contour as a pulmonary vein pair ablation line.
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Abstract
A method is disclosed for planning the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias by RF ablation with a remote navigation system, including the identification of ablation lines around the pulmonary veins ostia—atrial junctions based on impedance measurements. When used by itself or in conjunction with electro-anatomical approaches, the impedance method therein disclosed enables safe and effective arrhythmia treatment.
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1. A method of defining ablation lines in the left atrium of the heart, comprising:
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i) performing impedance mapping of the left atrium and a pair of pulmonary veins; ii) for each pulmonary vein, defining an impedance threshold value corresponding to the pulmonary vein ostium; iii) defining iso-impedance contours for each of the veins based on corresponding impedance threshold ii) and impedance mapping i); iv) determining whether the two iso-impedance contours iii) are a) crossing;
b) tangent;
or c) neither;v) increasing or decreasing the two respective impedance contour values by a predetermined amount if the contours are crossing, or not, respectively, and defining corresponding iso-impedance contours; vi) iterating over steps iv) and v) until the two contours are tangent, and defining an associated single iso-impedance contour; and vii) retaining the corresponding iso-impedance contour as a pulmonary vein pair ablation line. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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