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US 2006/0217773 A1Published application
Method for treating myocardial infarction
AssigneeCardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
InventorsQingsheng Zhu, Joseph Pastore, Rodney Salo
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Abstract
A method for treating patients after a myocardial infarction which includes pacing therapy is disclosed. A cardiac rhythm management device is configured to deliver pre-excitation pacing to one or more sites in proximity to an infarcted region of the ventricular myocardium. Such pacing acts to minimize the remodeling process to which the heart is especially vulnerable immediately after a myocardial infarction.
Claims20
A method for treating a patient with myocardial infarction, comprising:
- identifying an infarcted area in a ventricle;
- delivering pacing pulses to one or more sites in proximity to the infarcted area with a selected pacing mode, wherein the pacing pulses are delivered in a manner that pre-excites the site or sites in proximity to the infarcted area relative to other areas of the ventricle;
- and,
- optimizing pacing parameters by selecting values which result in a minimum LVEDP.
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