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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2012
Mirko DE Melis, Maastricht, NL;
Giorgio Corbucci, Cento, IT;
Mirko de Melis, Maastricht, NL;
Giorgio Corbucci, Cento, IT;
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
Cardiac dyssynchrony of a patient may be evaluated based on electrical activity of a heart of the patient and corresponding chest wall motion of the patient sensed via an external accelerometer. In one example, an acceleration signal indicative of the chest wall motion is generated by an external accelerometer positioned on the chest wall of the patient. A processor of a diagnostic device integrates the acceleration signal to generate a velocity signal and temporally correlates the velocity signal and an electrical cardiac signal. The processor determines a time delay between a deflection of the electrical cardiac signal indicating ventricular electrical activation and a subsequent greatest peak of the velocity signal. The time delay may indicate a degree of electromechanical delay of the left ventricle. In some examples, the processor generates an output indicative of a cardiac dyssynchrony status based on the time delay.