Prosthetic valve pacing systems

Abstract

A prosthetic cardiac valve is provided, which is configured to be delivered to a patient in a constrained delivery configuration, and which includes a frame and a plurality of prosthetic leaflets. The frame defines a central longitudinal axis when the prosthetic cardiac valve is in an expanded deployment configuration, and includes interconnected stent struts arranged so as to define interconnected stent cells that include upstream-most stent cells and non-upstream-most stent cells. The plurality of prosthetic leaflets are coupled to the frame so as to allow blood flow in a downstream direction and inhibit blood flow in an upstream direction. The prosthetic cardiac valve further includes first and second electrodes, which are disposed at or near respective upstream peaks of first and second ones of the non-upstream-most stent cells, respectively. Other embodiments are also described.

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