| CPC A61B 5/35 (2021.01) [A61B 5/273 (2021.01); A61B 5/282 (2021.01); A61B 5/364 (2021.01)] | 8 Claims |
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1. A method for diagnosing arrhythmia focus in the heart of a patient comprising:
a. affixing a plurality of electrode stickers to a patient;
b. monitoring the patient by a wearable monitor connected to the plurality of electrode stickers to produce a wearable ECG waveform;
c. disconnecting said wearable monitor from said plurality of electrode stickers while performing at least one of:
i. leaving said plurality of electrode stickers affixed to the patient; or
ii. marking the positions of said plurality of electrode stickers before removing said stickers;
d. by an analyzer running on a computer, deriving an arrhythmia template waveform or a composite arrhythmia waveform from said wearable ECG waveform and exporting the arrhythmia template waveform or composite arrhythmia waveform into a pace mapping system;
e. providing an electrophysiology (EP) lab ECG recorder and performing at least one of:
i. connecting said plurality of stickers to said EP lab ECG recorder; or
ii. connecting a second set of stickers to said EP lab ECG recorder wherein said second set of stickers are positioned on the marked positions of the plurality of stickers;
f. pacing the heart of the patient using a pacing electrode; and
g. in the pace mapping system, comparing the paced ECG waveform provided by said EP lab ECG recorder with the provided arrhythmia template waveform or composite arrhythmia waveform to diagnose the arrhythmia focus.
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