VADIM A LEVIN
Medical Practice in Harleysville, PA
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Pennsylvania MD064414L
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Medicine
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Medical Physician and Surgeon
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Harleysville, PA 19438
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180 Wrenfield Way, Harleysville, PA 19438
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1202 Cedar Crest Blvd, Allentown, PA 18103
180 Wrenfield Way, Harleysville, PA 19438
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Predicting Chronic Optimal A-V Intervals For Biventricular Pacing Via Observed Inter-Atrial Delay
US Patent:
7877144, Jan 25, 2011
Filed:
Jul 26, 2006
Appl. No.:
11/460144
Inventors:
Michael R. Ujhelyi - Maple Grove MN, US
Mehdi Razavi - Houston TX, US
Vadim Levin - Harleysville PA, US
Mehdi Razavi - Houston TX, US
Vadim Levin - Harleysville PA, US
Assignee:
Medtronic, Inc. - Minneapolis MN
International Classification:
A61N 1/365, A61N 1/368
US Classification:
607 25
Abstract:
Methods for optimizing the atrio-ventricular (A-V) delay for efficacious delivery of cardiac resynchronization therapy. In CRT devices, the programmed A-V delay starts with detection of electrical activity in the right atrium (RA). Thus, a major component of the A-V delay is the time required for inter-atrial conduction time (IACT) from the RA to the LA. This IACT can be measured during implantation as the time from the atrial lead stimulation artifact to local electrograms in a coronary sinus (CS) catheter. Assuming that the beginning of LA contraction closely corresponds with the beginning of LA electrical activity, the optimal AV delay should be related to the time between the start of RA electrical activity and the start of LA electrical activity plus the duration of LA atrial contraction. Thus ‘during atrial pacing’ the IACT measured at implantation is correlated with the echocardiographically defined optimal paced AV delay (PAV).