Analysis of cardiac fibrillation using phase mapping

RH Clayton, MP Nash - Cardiac electrophysiology clinics, 2015 - cardiacep.theclinics.com
Although the detailed mechanisms that sustain fibrillation in the human heart continue to be
debated, 1–3 it is well accepted that the irregular waveform seen on a surface …

System and method for local electrophysiological characterization of cardiac substrate using multi-electrode catheters

DC Deno, RK Balachandran - US Patent 10,470,682, 2019 - Google Patents
A system for determining electrophysiological data comprising an electronic control unit
configured to acquire electrophysiology signals from a plurality of electrodes (130) of one or …

Detection of atrial fibrillation episodes using a wristband device

VDA Corino, R Laureanti, L Ferranti… - Physiological …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective: Undiagnosed atrial fibrillation (AF) patients are at high risk of cardioembolic
stroke or other complications. The aim of this study was to analyze the blood volume pulse …

Quantitative-electrogram-based methods for guiding catheter ablation in atrial fibrillation

M Baumert, P Sanders, A Ganesan - Proceedings of the IEEE, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia in humans, with an estimated
lifetime prevalence of 25%. It is characterized by irregular and disorganized electrical …

Systems and methods for using electrophysiology properties for classifying arrhythmia sources

DC Deno, RK Balachandran - US Patent 10,136,829, 2018 - Google Patents
A method for determining electrophysiology properties of tissue comprising acquiring
electrical signal data from a plurality of electrodes (130) of one or more catheters …

In situ procedure for high-efficiency computational modeling of atrial fibrillation reflecting personal anatomy, fiber orientation, fibrosis, and electrophysiology

B Lim, J Kim, M Hwang, JS Song, JK Lee, HT Yu… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
We previously reported the feasibility and efficacy of a simulation-guided clinical catheter
ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF) in an in-silico AF model. We developed a highly efficient …

Utilization of electrode spatial arrangements for characterizing cardiac conduction conditions

RK Balachandran, DC Deno - US Patent 9,808,171, 2017 - Google Patents
ABSTRACT A system and method are provided for determining electro physiological data.
The system comprises an electronic control unit that is configured to receive electrical …

Novel algorithmic methods in mapping of atrial and ventricular tachycardia

M El Haddad, R Houben, R Stroobandt… - Circulation …, 2014 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—Conventional methods to assess local activation time (LAT) detect the peak of
the bipolar electrogram (B-LATPeak) or the maximal negative slope of the unipolar …

Wave similarity mapping shows the spatiotemporal distribution of fibrillatory wave complexity in the human right atrium during paroxysmal and chronic atrial fibrillation

F Ravelli, L Faes, L Sandrini, F Gaita… - Journal of …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction: The complexity of waveforms during atrial fibrillation may reflect critical
activation patterns for the arrhythmia perpetuation. In this study, we introduce a novel …

Predicting termination of atrial fibrillation based on the structure and quantification of the recurrence plot

R Sun, Y Wang - Medical engineering & physics, 2008 - Elsevier
Predicting the spontaneous termination of the atrial fibrillation (AF) leads to not only better
understanding of mechanisms of the arrhythmia but also the improved treatment of the …