Baropacing and cardiac pacing to control output
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1. An implantable medical system, including:
- a baroreflex stimulator to apply a baroreflex stimulation signal through an electrode and provide a signal indicating that the baroreflex signal is being applied; and
a cardiac stimulator to apply a pacing therapy with a pacing rate, receive the signal from the baroreflex stimulator, and increase the pacing rate of the pacing therapy to compensate for cardiac output compromised by applying the baroreflex stimulation signal.
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Abstract
One aspect of the present subject matter relates to an implantable medical system. An embodiment of the system includes a baroreflex stimulator and a cardiac stimulator. The baroreflex stimulator applies a baroreflex stimulation signal through an electrode and provides a signal indicating that the baroreflex signal is being applied. The cardiac stimulator applies a pacing therapy with a pacing rate, receives the signal from the baroreflex stimulator, and increases the pacing rate of the pacing therapy to compensate for cardiac output compromised by applying the baroreflex stimulation signal. Other aspects are provided herein.
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1. An implantable medical system, including:
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a baroreflex stimulator to apply a baroreflex stimulation signal through an electrode and provide a signal indicating that the baroreflex signal is being applied; and
a cardiac stimulator to apply a pacing therapy with a pacing rate, receive the signal from the baroreflex stimulator, and increase the pacing rate of the pacing therapy to compensate for cardiac output compromised by applying the baroreflex stimulation signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 35, 36)
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13. An implantable medical system, comprising:
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means for applying baroreflex stimulation to a pressoreceptive region to lower systemic blood pressure;
means for applying cardiac stimulation with a pacing rate to a heart; and
means for increasing the pacing rate of the cardiac stimulation to compensate for the applied baroreflex stimulation. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for operating an implantable medical system having a cardiac stimulator and a baroreflex stimulator, comprising:
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implementing a pacing therapy with a programmed pacing rate using the cardiac stimulator when the baroreflex stimulator does not apply baroreflex stimulation; and
implementing the pacing therapy with a higher pacing rate using the cardiac stimulator to maintain a desired cardiac output when the baroreflex stimulator applies baroreflex stimulation. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method for operating an implantable medical system having a cardiac stimulator and a baroreflex stimulator, comprising:
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applying baroreflex stimulation using the baroreflex stimulator;
determining if the cardiac output is adequate; and
if the cardiac output is not adequate, increasing a pacing rate using the cardiac stimulator to improve the cardiac output. - View Dependent Claims (23)
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24. A method, comprising:
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applying baroreflex stimulation; and
applying cardiac stimulation with an increased pacing rate to compensate for a lower cardiac output when the baroreflex stimulation is applied. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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