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US 2016/0106498 A1Published application
Methods for contemporaneous assessment of renal denervation
AssigneeBiosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
InventorsDebby Highsmith, Kristine Fuimaono
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Abstract
Techniques are disclosed for contemporaneously assessing the success of a renal denervation procedure. One or more characteristics of a patient's heart, such as atrioventricular (AV) interval, PR interval and/or heart rate are monitored during an ablation procedure. A change in the heart characteristic detected during the ablation may indicate successful denervation. Accordingly, successive new locations may be targeted for ablation until a change is detected.
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A method for treatment of a patient comprising:
- inserting an ablation catheter into a body of a patient;
- monitoring a heart characteristic of the patient;
- ablating tissue at a first targeted location;
- determining whether the heart characteristic changed during ablation;
- and
- performing an ablation at a new targeted location if the heart characteristic did not change.
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