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发明公开
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RAPIDLY PREDICTING OUTCOME OF ARRHYTHMIA THERAPY 审中-公开
标题翻译：方法和装置AN RESULTATS ARRYTHMIETHERAPIE的快速预测

公开(公告)号：EP1257323A1

公开(公告)日：2002-11-20

申请号：EP00973376.7

申请日：2000-09-22

申请人： THE UAB RESEARCH FOUNDATION

发明人： CHATTIPAKORN, Nipon , IDEKER, Raymond, E. , KENKNIGHT, Bruce, H.

IPC分类号： A61N1/39

CPC分类号： A61N1/3956

摘要： A method for predicting the outcome of arrhythmia therapy in a subject in need thereof comprises the steps of: (a) detecting an arrhythmia in the heart of a subject; (b) delivering a first arrhythmia therapy pulse to the heart of the subject; and then (c) determining the presence or absence of overlapping cycles in the heart of the subject, the presence of overlapping cycles indicating that the first arrythmia therapy pulse did not successfully treat the arrythmia. Overlapping cycles are preferably determined through the calculation of an overlapping cycles index (OCI). Apparatus (12) for carrying out the method is also disclosed.