Intermittent stress augmentation pacing for cardioprotective effect

A device and method for delivering electrical stimulation to the heart in a manner which provides a protective effect is disclosed. The protective effect is produced by configuring a cardiac pacing device to intermittently switch from a normal operating mode to a stress augmentation mode in which th...

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Main Authors Pastore, Joseph M, Spinelli, Julio C, Prinzen, Frits W, Cornelussen, Richard N, Vanagt, Ward Y. R
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 14.10.2008
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Summary:A device and method for delivering electrical stimulation to the heart in a manner which provides a protective effect is disclosed. The protective effect is produced by configuring a cardiac pacing device to intermittently switch from a normal operating mode to a stress augmentation mode in which the spatial pattern of depolarization is varied to thereby subject a particular region or regions of the ventricular myocardium to increased mechanical stress.