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Method and apparatus to allow cyclic pacing at an average rate just above the intrinsic heart rate so as to maximize inotropic pacing effects at minimal heart rates

  • US 6,141,586 A
  • Filed: 05/26/1998
  • Issued: 10/31/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/19/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for cardiac pacing for a heart having an intrinsic atrial firing rate, comprising:

  • applying a series of pacing stimuli to at least one ventricle having an initial pacing rate, where the initial pacing rate is slightly greater than the intrinsic atrial firing rate; and

    decreasing the pacing rate over time from the initial pacing rate to a minimum pacing rate that is slightly less than the intrinsic atrial firing rate.

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