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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2009
Alois Noettling, Pottenstein, DE;
Jan Boese, Eckental, DE;
Matthias John, Nuremberg, DE;
Volkmar Falk, Zurich, CH;
Thomas Walther, Leipzig, DE;
Alois Noettling, Pottenstein, DE;
Jan Boese, Eckental, DE;
Matthias John, Nuremberg, DE;
Volkmar Falk, Zurich, CH;
Thomas Walther, Leipzig, DE;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A method as a workflow for imaging for a heart valve implant procedure includes positioning the patient and an articulated imaging apparatus relative to one another, inducing rapid ventricular pacing in the patient, and imaging a region of the patient's heart to obtain image date for a three-dimensional image. The three-dimensional data is used to construct a three-dimensional image of the region of the patient's heart an the three-dimensional image is displayed for use in the implanting of the replacement heart valve. Optional steps may include obtaining a real time two-dimensional image of the patient's heart and superimposing the real time two-dimensional image with the constructed three dimensional image. The replacement valve is moved into position in the patient's heart during rapid ventricular pacing and breath hold using the superimposed two-dimensional and three-dimensional image information.