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Contractility enhancement using excitable tissue control and multi-site pacing

  • US 6,292,693 B1
  • Filed: 03/02/1999
  • Issued: 09/18/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/06/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for stimulating cardiac tissue, comprising:

  • providing a plurality of electrodes in at least two different chambers of the heart;

    applying bi-ventricular pacing pulses to the heart at multiple sites in at least two different chambers of the heart; and

    applying an Excitable Tissue Control (ETC) signal in a vicinity of one or more of the pacing sites located in the left ventricle following application of the pacing pulse at said site.

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