Vfa cardiac resynchronization therapy

An implantable medical device comprising:

• a housing extending from a proximal end region to a distal end region;
• a plurality of electrodes comprising:
• a tissue-piercing electrode leadlessly coupled to the distal end region of the housing and implantable from the triangle of Koch region of the right atrium through the right atrial endocardium and central fibrous body to deliver cardiac therapy to or sense electrical activity of the left ventricle in the basal and/or septal region of the left ventricular myocardium of a patient's heart, and
• a right atrial electrode leadlessly coupled to the housing and positionable within the right atrium to deliver cardiac therapy to or sense electrical activity of the right atrium of the patient's heart;
• a therapy delivery circuit within the housing operably coupled to the plurality of electrodes to deliver cardiac therapy to the patient's heart;
• a sensing circuit within the housing operably coupled to the plurality of electrodes to sense electrical activity of the patient's heart;
• and
• a controller comprising processing circuitry within the housing operably coupled to the therapy delivery circuit and the sensing circuit, the controller configured to:
• monitor at least one of electrical activity of the right atrium using the right atrial electrode and electrical activity of the left ventricle using the tissue-piercing electrode in the basal and/or septal region of the left ventricular myocardium of the patient's heart from the triangle of Koch region of the right atrium through the right atrial endocardium and central fibrous body;
• and
• deliver cardiac resynchronization pacing using at least the tissue-piercing electrode implanted in the basal and/or septal region of the left ventricular myocardium of the patient's heart from the triangle of Koch region of the right atrium through the right atrial endocardium and central fibrous body to pace one or both ventricles based on the monitored electrical activity.

An implantable medical device comprising:

• a plurality of electrodes comprising:
• a tissue-piercing electrode implantable from the triangle of Koch region of the right atrium through the right atrial endocardium and central fibrous body to at least one of deliver cardiac therapy to and sense electrical activity of the left ventricle in the basal and/or septal region of the left ventricular myocardium of a patient's heart, and
• a right atrial motion detector positionable within the right atrium to sense mechanical activity of the right atrium of the patient's heart;
• a therapy delivery circuit operably coupled to the plurality of electrodes to deliver cardiac therapy to the patient's heart;
• a sensing circuit operably coupled to the plurality of electrodes to sense electrical activity of the patient's heart;
• and
• a controller comprising processing circuitry operably coupled to the therapy delivery circuit and the sensing circuit, the controller configured to:
• monitor mechanical activity of the right atrium using the right atrial motion detector;
• and
• deliver cardiac resynchronization pacing using at least the tissue-piercing electrode implanted in the basal and/or septal region of the left ventricular myocardium of the patient's heart from the triangle of Koch region of the right atrium through the right atrial endocardium and central fibrous body to pace one or both ventricles based on the monitored mechanical activity of the right atrium.