I.N.E.P.T.

Ischemic heart disease (IHD) is the leading cause of death in the world. It is responsible for almost 8 million deaths around the world each year, more than all types of cancer combined. Ischemia results due to oxygen deprivation in cardiac tissue, as is typically the case in heart attacks. The current clinical practice for diagnosing ischemia is to measure the potential voltage  at a single time point on an electrocardiograms (ECG)  plot, which is known as the ST40 potential.  This method for diagnosing IHD is only ~40% accurate because clinical ECGs lack the spatial context necessary for analysis. The goal of the Interactive Needle Electroanatomical Potential Tracking tool (INEPT) is to improve our understanding of ischemia and increase diagnostic success. By increasing our understanding of the disease state and how it affects the heart globally, we can further our understanding of the disease and translate that to clinical improvements. We hope to characterize the onset, development, and progression of irreversible tissue damage.

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