EP0740565A1 - Mit venöser blutströmung synchronisiertes herzelektrotherapiesystem - Google Patents

Mit venöser blutströmung synchronisiertes herzelektrotherapiesystem

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EP0740565A1
EP0740565A1 EP95907595A EP95907595A EP0740565A1 EP 0740565 A1 EP0740565 A1 EP 0740565A1 EP 95907595 A EP95907595 A EP 95907595A EP 95907595 A EP95907595 A EP 95907595A EP 0740565 A1 EP0740565 A1 EP 0740565A1
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Ferek-Petric Bozidar
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61NELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY
    • A61N1/00Electrotherapy; Circuits therefor
    • A61N1/18Applying electric currents by contact electrodes
    • A61N1/32Applying electric currents by contact electrodes alternating or intermittent currents
    • A61N1/36Applying electric currents by contact electrodes alternating or intermittent currents for stimulation
    • A61N1/362Heart stimulators
    • A61N1/365Heart stimulators controlled by a physiological parameter, e.g. heart potential
    • A61N1/36514Heart stimulators controlled by a physiological parameter, e.g. heart potential controlled by a physiological quantity other than heart potential, e.g. blood pressure
    • A61N1/36528Heart stimulators controlled by a physiological parameter, e.g. heart potential controlled by a physiological quantity other than heart potential, e.g. blood pressure the parameter being measured by means of ultrasound
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61BDIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B7/00Instruments for auscultation
    • A61B7/02Stethoscopes
    • A61B7/04Electric stethoscopes
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61NELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY
    • A61N1/00Electrotherapy; Circuits therefor
    • A61N1/18Applying electric currents by contact electrodes
    • A61N1/32Applying electric currents by contact electrodes alternating or intermittent currents
    • A61N1/36Applying electric currents by contact electrodes alternating or intermittent currents for stimulation
    • A61N1/362Heart stimulators
    • A61N1/365Heart stimulators controlled by a physiological parameter, e.g. heart potential
    • A61N1/36514Heart stimulators controlled by a physiological parameter, e.g. heart potential controlled by a physiological quantity other than heart potential, e.g. blood pressure
    • A61N1/36571Heart stimulators controlled by a physiological parameter, e.g. heart potential controlled by a physiological quantity other than heart potential, e.g. blood pressure controlled by blood flow rate, e.g. blood velocity or cardiac output

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  • This invention relates to cardiac electrotherapy, particularly to measurement of blood flow characteristics either of the pulmonary veins or vena cava superior for the purpose of control of the cardiac electrotherapy.
  • Ultrasonic measurement of blood flow has recently become an important noninvasive diagnostic method. Two methods have emerged as practical, i.e. the continuous wave (CW) and the pulsed (PW) Doppler systems. Very sophisticated and clinically useftil systems have been developed such as described in the U.S.Pat.No. 4,790,322 enabling automatic measuring independent to direction of ultrasonic beam emission.
  • the ultrasonic transmitter-receiver for blood velocity measurement was described in the U.S.Pat.No. 4,766,905 having improved noise reduction.
  • Another system disclosed in the U.S.Pat.No. 4,771,789 calculates and displays acceleration of moving reflective member in organism.
  • Flow imaging detector for blood velocity measurement such as disclosed in the U.S.Pat.No.
  • the ultrasonic needle tip localization system was disclosed in the U.S.Pat.No. 4,249,539.
  • the ultrasonically marked catheters and cardiac pacing leads have been described in the U.S.Pat.No. 4,697,595 and in the U.S.Pat.No. 4,706,681, respectively.
  • a particular problem to be solved is the measurement of the blood flow characteristics of the large blood vessels.
  • the system disclosed in the U.S.Pat.No. 4,319,580 was developed to detect air emboli in the blood by using a cylindrical transducer for the detection. This approach was adequate for strongly reflective objects such as emboli and for the specified task of essentially only detecting them. The approach, however, does not yield a possibility to measure the flow characteristics as needed for pacemaker control and a development yielding such a possibility is the purpose of the present invention.
  • the device described in the U.S.Pat.No. 4,802,490 is from the ultrasonics point of view equal to the devices described in the U.S. Pats. Nos. 4,706,681 and 4,697,595 although it has an additional flow restriction device which is immaterial in the comparison of prior art for the present application.
  • the requirement and property added in the present invention is the ultrasound beam shaping and tilting means which unlike in the said inventions positively controls the direction of Doppler measurements with an added accuracy and reliability.
  • the device described in the U.S.Pat.No. 4,771,788 has basically the same ability to measure the flow by means of ultrasound, but is not suitable for implantation in the human body as a part of an electrotherapy system. This is so because it requires an additional support wire, which for different purposes may be helpful, but rules the method out for the afore mentioned purposes.
  • Physiologic cardiac pacing is very important on temporary as well on permanent basis.
  • Temporary pacing is usually applied either after cardiac surgery or during myocardial infarction because of the transient conduction disturbance or arrhythmia. Patients in rest have significantly improved cardiac output when ventricular contraction is synchronous with atrial filling of ventricles. This is very important for faster recovery after surgery or myocardial infarction. Furthermore, some arrhythmias like supraventricular tachycardias and extrasystolies may be prevented by means of physiologic pacing.
  • atrio- ventricular pacing is used to restore normal atrio- ventricular relationships.
  • an atrium and a ventricle are paced by twin stimuli separated by an appropriate physiologic interval.
  • the heart rate is controlled by the pacemaker programme and does not vary according to the physiological needs.
  • the synchronous cardiac pacing approximates most closely to the normal cardiac rhythm.
  • the spontaneous atrial electrogram (P-wave) is sensed by an electrode usually in contact with the atrial endocardium and this is used to trigger the ventricle after an appropriate preset delay. Because the atrial rhythm is paced by our natural pacemaker sinus-atrial node, the frequency varies naturally according to the body workload. Therefore the P-wave synchronous ventricular cardiac pacing is considered to be the most physiologic rate-responsive pacing.
  • the physiologic pacing requires the implantation of two leads: one atrial and one ventricular.
  • Modern dual-chamber pacemakers have the ability to switch from sequential to synchronous pacing and vice versa according to the atrial rhythm which is monitored in the atrial channel. If the patient has a normal function of the sinus node and atria, the atrial lead is only used to sense the atrial activity and the ventricular lead is used to sense the ventricular activity and to pace the ventricles.
  • the sensing of atrial activity may be done by an electrode floating within the right atrial cavity, a lot of effort has been done to design a single pass lead for P-wave synchro- nous ventricular pacing comprising the atrial and ventricular electrode on the same lead.
  • Such a system has been described in the U.S.Pat.No. 3,903,897.
  • the atrial electrogram is having significantly lower amplitude when sensed by a floating electrode in comparison with an electrode having a direct contact with the atrial muscle. Therefore such systems have to comprise high sensitivity amplifier in the atrial channel. As a consequence, the high susceptibility on far fields appears, causing more likely occurrence of the various oversensing phenomena.
  • the system described in the Europ.Pat.No. 311,019 monitors ventricular impedance continuously using electrode in ventricle without requiring additional sensing in the atrium.
  • Detected impedance waveform can be used to trigger ventricular stimulus synchronously with atrial filling of ventricle.
  • U.S. Pat. No. 4,600,017 discloses the pressure measurement method by means of a piezoelectric sensor fixed on the cardiac pacing lead. Our sensor assembly for blood flow measurement is very specific and not identical to a simple pressure bimorph sensor.
  • U.S. Pat. No. 5,139,020 describes the system which monitors the systolic function of the heart. In that invention the ultrasonic beam is directed towards the left ventricle or aortic root because preferred embodiment of invention measures blood flow in aorta by means of a Doppler system. Another embodiment measures systolic time intervals in order to estimate myocardial contractility.
  • Synchronous pacing can be impaired by the atrial undulation and fibrillation when pacemaker sustains the maximum tracking rate during high atrial pathologic rhythm. Therefore even the intermittent atrial fibrillation is the contraindication for synchronous pacing.
  • Patients suffering from intermittent atrial fibrillation would benefit a lot from a pacemaker comprising reliable atrial fibrillation detector and which could switch from synchronous to rate responsive pacing in the case of atrial fibrillation occurrence and vice versa, switch back to the synchronous mode upon the fibrillation termination. It would be also important that a pacemaker could discriminate premature ventricular contractions. Especially in antitachycardia devices it would be important that a pacemaker could discriminate the sinus tachycardia from pathologic tachycardia.
  • pacemaker cardiac electrotherapy device
  • pacemaker cardiac electrotherapy device
  • the invention is characterized by the features of the independent claims. Advantageous embodiments of the invention are described in the subclaims.
  • the invention provides a pacemaker capable to discriminate the sinus tachycardia from the pathologic tachycardia and to monitor the hemodynamic parameters of the left heart by means of a lead implanted within the right heart.
  • the blood flow through the right pulmonary veins is monitored with a Doppler system using piezoelectric transducers assembly mounted on a cardiac pacing lead.
  • the flow waveform through the pulmonary veins is used for synchronization and control of ventricular cardiac pacing, as well as for the monitoring of the left ventricular systolic function.
  • the blood flow through the vena cava superior is monitored, and the flow waveform is used for synchronization and control of ventricular cardiac pacing, as well as for the monitoring of the right ventricular systolic function.
  • Fig. 1 shows the heart opened at the right atrial appendage to disclose the inner right atrial anatomic structures and implanted pacing lead.
  • Fig. 2 shows the caudal view on the heart having a lead implanted through the superior vena cava.
  • Fig. 3 shows the heart in the same manner as in figure 1 but having a cutted vena cava superior.
  • Fig. 4 shows five waveforms: ECG, pulmonary veins and tricuspid flow, right atrial wall motion and phonocardiography.
  • Fig. 5 illustrates the measurement of isovolumic relaxation time from pulmonary veins flow and phonocardiography waveforms.
  • Fig. 6 shows the synchronization of ventricular pacing with A- wave in pulmonary flow.
  • Fig. 7 shows the M-mode atrial contraction waveform and measurement of isovolumic relaxation time.
  • Fig. 8 shows the synchronization of ventricular pacing with atrial contraction wave.
  • Fig. 9 shows the theoretical background of the blood flow measurement.
  • Fig. 10 is the perspective view on the ultrasonic transducer assembly.
  • Fig. 11 is the cross-section of the transducer assembly.
  • Fig. 12 is the cross-section of the another transducer assembly.
  • Fig. 1 shows the heart opened at the right atrial appendage 1.
  • tricuspid valve 2 fossa ovalis 3
  • coronary sinus valve 4 and crista terminalis 5 within the right atrium.
  • the left atrium 11 with right superior pulmonary vein 12 as well as with right inferior pulmonary vein 13 are shown.
  • the right ventricular apex 14 is disclosed as well as the residue of the pericardium 15.
  • the pacemaker lead 16 is implanted through the vena cava superior 6 and right atrial cavity through the tricuspid valve 2 in the right ventricle with its tip (not shown) in the area of apex 14.
  • the lead 16 comprises an ultrasonic transducer assembly 17 which produces the measurement ultrasonic field 18 directed towards the pulmonary veins 12 and 13 as well as towards the posterior right atrial wall 21 at the entry of the vena cava superior.
  • Fig. 2 shows the caudal view on the heart having the analogous designations for same elements which are shown on previous figure.
  • the lead 16 is implanted through the superior vena cava 6 as disclosed on this axial view.
  • the ultrasonic measurement field 18 consists of two ultrasonic beams 19 and 20 produced by transducer assembly 17 and directed towards the right pulmonary veins 12 and 13 through the posterior wall 21 of the right atrium at the entry of vena cava superior.
  • FIG. 3 shows the same projection of the heart as in figure 1 having the analogous designations for same elements which are shown on previous figures.
  • a transducer assembly 17 is implanted more cranially, thus measuring the flow of the superior right pulmonary vein 12 by means of the two ultrasonic beams 19 and 20.
  • the wall of the vena cava superior 21 is therefore cutted to disclose position of the transducer assembly 17.
  • the measurement system monitors the flow through the right pulmonary veins: either through both of them or through the one of them, depending on the position of the transucer assembly. If the transducer assembly is positioned inferiorly as disclosed in figure 1 , it can measure not only the flow in right pulmonary veins or in inferior right pulmonary vein, but also the movements of the posterior right atrial wall 21. Transducer assembly 17, disclosed in figures 2 and 3, may also be designed in such a way as to enable the flow measurement within the vena cava superior i.e. the transducer assembly disclosed in our U.S. Patent No. 5,243,976. The physiologic background of the entire measurement system is disclosed in next figures.
  • Fig. 4 shows five waveforms in the exact timing correlation as the physiologic events of a cardiac cycle occur.
  • ECG waveform in Fig. 4A illustrating the sinus rhythm comprising P-waves followed by the QRS complexes and consequently the T- waves.
  • a sample of venous flow waveform is disclosed in Fig. 4B comprising atrial retrograde flow waves AR, systolic waves S and diastolic waves D.
  • the pulmonary veins flow and caval flow have approximately the same waveform pattern.
  • a sample of tricuspid (or mitral) flow waveform is disclosed in Fig. 4C comprising early diastolic filling waves E and late atrial filling waves A.
  • the M-mode echocardiographic waveform of the right atrial wall which characterises the atrial wall motion in direction of ultrasonic transducer directivity axis, is disclosed in Fig. 4D comprising the atrial contraction waves AC as well as the ventricular contraction waves VC .
  • Phonocardiographic waveform is disclosed in Fig. 4E comprising first heart sounds designated by I as well as second heart sounds designated by II. There may be some mutual timing shifts among disclosed waveforms due to the interatrial conduction time.
  • a heartbeat is initiated by an atrial electric depolarization which is represented by a P-wave 30 in the ECG waveform. Consequently the atrial contraction occurs which is exemplifyed by an atrial contraction wave 31 on the right atrial wall M-mode echocardiographic waveform. This contraction generates the reversal of flow 32 through the pulmonary and caval veins as well as the late diastolic filling 33 of ventricles.
  • the atrial diastole is characterized by the mitral and tricuspid valves closure which is heared as a first heart sound 34.
  • the ventricular depolarisation represented by a QRS complex 35
  • the atrial pressure decreases because of the atrial relaxation 36 as well as because of displacement of the mitral and tricuspid annulus in a rightward direction toward the apex which causes an increase 37 in atrial size.
  • Both these factors provide the systolic venous flow wave 38 which is disclosed for example to be a monophasic wave. It can also have the biphasic appearance comprising two peaks clearly disclosing both factors: atrial and ventricular.
  • the T-wave 39 corresponds to the ventricular repolarization causing the ventricular relaxation which closes the aortic and pulmonary valves which is heared as a second heart sound 40. Consequently mitral as well as tricuspid valves open and the rapid early diastolic filling 41 of ventricles occurs. This is exhibited also by diastolic venous flow wave 42 as well as by a decrease of atrial size 43.
  • Fig. 5 illustrates the measurement of left ventricular isovolumic relaxation time (IVRT) from pulmonary venous flow comprising systolic wave S, diastolic wave D and atrial wave A as well as phonocardiography waveform comprising first heart sound MT and second heart sound AP.
  • IVRT left ventricular isovolumic relaxation time
  • systolic flow wave is disclosed to be biphasic in order to demonstrate a dissociation between atrial relaxation and mitral annular displacement.
  • the isovolumic relaxation time is a period in the cardiac cycle between the aortic valve closure and the onset of the mitral flow. It can be used as a sensor for rate variation in rate responsive pacing. During the physical exercise, the IVRT decreases.
  • an algorithm may be used within the control circuits of an electrotherapy device, to increase the pacing rate as the IVRT decreases.
  • the aortic valve closure as well as the pulmonary valve closure generate the second heart sound AP.
  • the peak of diastolic wave D in pulmonary venos flow waveform occurs after the peak of the left ventricular rapid filling wave.
  • left atrial pressure decreases allowing the pulmonary veins to fill the left atrium.
  • the left atrium is an open conduit between the pulmonary veins and the left ventricle, thus causing a close relationship between pulmonary venous diastolic flow and left ventricular inflow.
  • the onset of pulmonary venous diastolic flow coincides approximately with termination of isovolumic relaxation.
  • the measurement of the time interval between the second heart sound 44 and the imaginary point of diastolic wave onset 45 provides the information about the isovolumic relaxation duration of the left ventricle.
  • This interval is not exactly equal to the IVRT, but relative variation of this interval is equivalent to the variation of IVRT, this variations being the consequence of the fluctuation of circulatory cathecolamines concentration as well of the autonomous regulation of the heart.
  • the IVRT measured from pulmonary venous flow can be used as a rate responsive sensor in sinus rhythm as well as in atrial fibrillation when atrial flow wave disappears.
  • Fig. 6 illustrates how the ventricular pacing can be synchronized with atrial reversal flow wave in order to obtain single lead VDD pacing.
  • the atrial contraction After the P-wave 50, the atrial contraction generates the atrial retrograde flow wave 51 through caval veins as well as through pulmonary veins. If the elec- trotherapy device comprises some means for the onset of the wave 51 detection, it is possible to initiate the atrio-ventricular delay interval 52. At the end of the AV delay 52, the ventricular pacing spike 53 is released producing the ventricular depolarisation response 54.
  • Such an electrotherapy device can easily differentiate the sinus rhythm from atrial fibrillation. Disappearance of A-wave together with systolic wave amplitude decrease means that the atrial fibrillation occured. In that case the automatic switching from A-wave synchronized ventricular pacing to rate responsive ventricular pacing can be obtained.
  • the AV delay 52 is much shorter in comparison with the AV delay in P-wave synchronized ventricular pacing in dual chamber pacemakers when endocardial atrial potential is detected. Therefore the shortest possible AV delay in disclosed system is the one obtained when the ventricular spike is generated synchronously with the onset of the A-wave.
  • venous flow waveform occurs in different kinds of arrhythmias. For example, significant decrease of the peak diastolic as well as systolic velocity occur in ventricular tachycardia. Confirmation of capture in ventricular pacing is possible because in the case of the loss of capture diastolic wave disappears as well as peak systolic velocity decreases. Estimation of atrial pressure is possible by means of the measurement of peak atrial reversal velocity.
  • Fig. 7 illustrates how to measure the isovolumic relaxation time from the atrial wall contraction M-mode ultrasonic waveform and the phonocardiographic waveform.
  • the fibrillatory waves 70 can be detected.
  • Ventricular contraction 71 and ventricular relaxation 72 yield a significant displacement of the atrial wall.
  • the mitral flow is initiated. Therefore the time interval between the second heart sound 74 and the point 73 is the isovolumic relaxation time IVRT.
  • Fig. 8 illustrates how the atrial synchronous ventricular pacing may be obtained from the atrial wall contraction waveform.
  • Detected atrial contraction wave 80 initiates the atrio- ventricular delay and provides the ventricular pacing spike 81 at the end of the AV delay. Captured pacing spike exhibit the ventricular response 82 and consequently the ventricular contraction 83.
  • Fig. 9 describes the theoretical background of the principle of ultrasonic measurement in our system.
  • the transducer array consisting, in the illustrated implementation, of piezoelectric transducers 91, 92, 93 and 94 can, by appropriate choice of activation of the transducers, generate the two needed ultrasound beams.
  • the said beams are illustrated in this Fig. with their polar directivity diagrams 95 and 96.
  • the directivity axes can be put to different angular differences X by the use of phase differences in activation of the said transducers as well as by the sequential use of different transducers.
  • the known azimuthal angle difference X makes it possible to correctly calculate the blood flow velocity independently of the actual angles between the said ultrasound beams and the flow direction.
  • the Doppler shifts for both beams must be measured independently.
  • the ratio of the said Doppler shifts combined with the geometrical complementarity of the said angles Zl and Z2 yield an unambiguous analytical equation with only one physical solution for calculation of the velocity by taking only the said measured Doppler shifts and the steerable and known angle X between the beams.
  • the arrangement is self compensating for moderate torsional movements of the catheter body 90 in the azimuthal plane.
  • the limitation of this torsional movement is the approach of any of the angles Zl or Z2 to 90o, i.e. the angle must be below approximately 85o and 95o respectively.
  • An approach to the said limiting angles can automatically be detected by means of measurement of the variance of three subsequent measurements in a sequence two orders of magnitude faster than the heart beat frequency or by the measurement of the ratio of the two velocity measurements using beams 95 and 96 which asymptotically tends to infinity and can electronically be detected.
  • the preferred embodiment is pulsed Doppler technology known in the art to be less sensitive to possible flows and movement of targets behind and in front of the analysed blood vessel 97.
  • the electronic circuits which serve the measurement assembly in Fig. 9 have the ability to measure the Doppler shift as known in the art and additional processing circuits to measure the said variance of the said successive Doppler shift measurements and the said ratio of the two measurements as well as electronic circuits or software which takes action upon detection of such a state.
  • the perspective view on the pacing lead segment is disclosed, whereon the transducer assembly for blood flow measurement is mounted fixed on the temporary pacing bipolar lead body 100.
  • the lead wires 101 and 102 are electrically connected to the electrodes of the lead.
  • the lead wires 101 and 102 are electrically connected to corresponding pins of the lead connector (not shown) enabling connection with the electronic circuits of the ultrasonically controlled pacemaker (not shown).
  • Transducer assembly consists of the four transducer fragments 103, 104, 105 and 106, each having the corresponding lead wire 107, 108, 109 and 110 respectively.
  • Disclosed transducer fragments are, for example and for purpose of distinction, shown to be fixed on the surface of the lead body.
  • FIG. 11 there is disclosed a possible cross-section of the transducer array assembly using piezoelectric platelets embedded within the lead body 120.
  • Platelet 121 has two metalized layers 125 and 126 which are actually the transducer electrodes.
  • platelet 122 comprises electrodes 127 and 128, platelet 123 the electrodes 129 and 130, and platelet 124 the electrodes 131 and 132.
  • Transducer electrodes 125, 127, 129 and 131 are connected by means of soldering joints 140, 142, 144 and 146 respectively and by means of a soldering joint 148 to the common lead wire 149.
  • Lead wire 149 is also used for transmission of cardiac pacing and sensing signal together with the lead wire 150.
  • Transducer electrode 126 is electrically connected to the lead wire 134 by means of the soldering joint 133.
  • Transducer electrode 128 is electrically connected to the lead wire 135 by means of the soldering joint 164.
  • Transducer electrode 130 is electrically connected to the lead wire 137 by means of the soldering joint 136.
  • Transducer electrode 132 is electrically connected to the lead wire 139 by means of the soldering joint 138.
  • transducer platelets are energized through the lead wire 149 and lead wires 134, 135, 137 and 139.
  • transducer platelets are covered by an insulation membrane 151.
  • Fig. 12 there is disclosed the same cross-section as in previous Fig..
  • the transducer assembly consists of an array of the four piezoelectric segments 152, 153, 154 and 155 which have been obtained by means of a cutting of the tubiform transducer.
  • the electrical connection is analogous to the one disclosed in Fig. 11 and therefore electrical wires and joints are not designated.
  • the transducer assembly is fixed to be embedded within the hollow plastic lead body 120. It is technologically also possible to fix the transducer segments on the surface of the lead body which example is not shown.
  • disclosed assembly from previous three Figures consists of four transducer segments, being a redundant design.
  • Such a design enables the surgeon to approximately position the lead in order to achieve the approximate posterior ultrasound beam directivity.
  • Precise directivity is obtained by means of the selection of the appropriate contiguous pair of transducer segments.
  • This operational principle is important for temporary cardiac pacing when fast lead implantation and instant function of the system is desirable.
  • system can function having two transducer segments, but such a design is more sensitive on the radial orientation.

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