Initial Clinical Results Using Intracardiac Electrogram Monitoring to Detect and Alert Patients During Coronary Plaque Rupture and Ischemia Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Volume 56 / Number 14 / November 2010
The Guardian: An Implantable System for Chronic Ambulatory Monitoring of Acute Myocardial Infraction Journal of Electrocardiology, Volume 42 / Number 6 / November 2009
Real-Time Detection and Alerting for Acute
ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Ischemia Using an Implantable, High-Fidelity, Intracardiac Electrogram Monitoring System With Long-Range Telemetry in an Ambulatory Porcine Model Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Volume 48 / Number 11 / November 2006
Potential of an intracardiac electrogram for the rapid detection of coronary artery occlusion Cardiovascular Rescularization Medicine, Volume 6 / Issue 1 / January 2005
The following case studies offer accounts of individual patients and the events detected by their Guardian implants. These patients have not participated in the ALERTS clinical study.
Detection and Confirmation of Progressive Plaque Burden (IMD #2662) ST Trend Alert Resulting in Stent
Event: +ST Shift
Detection and Confirmation of Progressive Plaque Burden (IMD #2326) ST Trend Alert Resulting in Stent
Event: ST Trend
Rapid Detection and Confirmation of Occluded LCX Due to Ruptured Plaque (IMD #338) ST Elevation Resulting in CABG
Event: +ST Shift
Detection and Confirmation of Progressive Plaque Burden (IMD #952) ST Depression Resulting in Stent
Event: -ST Shift