Pace counter isolation for cardiac resynchronization pacing
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1. A method for operating a cardiac rhythm management device, comprising:
- sensing depolarizations and delivering paces to one or more heart chambers through one or more sensing/pacing channels;
wherein a heart chamber is paced in accordance with a pacing mode in which a pace is delivered upon expiration of an escape interval or as a result of a triggering event;
for each sensing/pacing channel, separately counting the number of senses received, the number of paces delivered by reason of expiration of an escape interval, and the number of paces triggered by a triggering event.
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Abstract
A system and method recording sensing and pacing events in a cardiac rhythm management device. The method may be particularly useful in assessment of pacing parameters for ventricular resynchronization therapy.
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1. A method for operating a cardiac rhythm management device, comprising:
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sensing depolarizations and delivering paces to one or more heart chambers through one or more sensing/pacing channels;
wherein a heart chamber is paced in accordance with a pacing mode in which a pace is delivered upon expiration of an escape interval or as a result of a triggering event;
for each sensing/pacing channel, separately counting the number of senses received, the number of paces delivered by reason of expiration of an escape interval, and the number of paces triggered by a triggering event. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
sensing atrial depolarizations through an atrial sensing channel and generating atrial sense signals in accordance therewith, wherein the pacing mode further includes pacing the ventricle upon expiration of an atrio-ventricular interval triggered by an atrial sense; and
,separately counting the number of ventricular paces delivered by reason of expiration of the atrio-ventricular interval.
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4. The method of claim 2 wherein the pacing mode is a biventricular resynchronization pacing mode.
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5. The method of claim 2 wherein the pacing mode is a ventricular synchronized chamber-only pacing mode.
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6. The method of claim 2 wherein the pacing mode further includes ventricular rate regularization.
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7. A method for operating a cardiac rhythm management device, comprising:
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sensing depolarizations and delivering paces to one or both ventricles through separate sensing/pacing channels;
sensing atrial depolarizations through an atrial sensing channel;
wherein a ventricle is paced in accordance with a pacing mode in which a pace is delivered upon expiration of a ventricular escape interval corresponding to the programmed lower rate limit or upon expiration of an atrio-ventricular interval triggered by an atrial sense; and
,for each ventricular sensing/pacing channel, separately counting the number of ventricular senses received, the number of paces delivered by reason of expiration of the ventricular escape interval, and the number of paces delivered by reason of expiration of the atrio-ventricular interval. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
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11. A cardiac rhythm management system, comprising:
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one or more ventricular sensing/pacing channels for delivering paces and sensing ventricular depolarizations;
an atrial sensing channel for sensing atrial depolarizations;
a controller for controlling the delivery of paces to each ventricle in accordance with a programmed pacing mode in which a pace is delivered upon expiration of a ventricular escape interval corresponding to the programmed lower rate limit or upon expiration of an atrio-ventricular interval triggered by an atrial sense; and
,wherein the controller is further programmed to, for each ventricular sensing channel sensing/pacing channel, separately count the number of ventricular senses received through each sensing channel, the number of paces delivered by reason of expiration of the ventricular escape interval, and the number of paces delivered by reason of expiration of the atrio-ventricular interval. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. A cardiac rhythm management system, comprising:
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one or more ventricular sensing/pacing channels for sensing ventricular depolarizations and generating ventricular sense signals in accordance therewith;
a controller for controlling the delivery of paces to a ventricle in accordance with a programmed pacing mode in which a pace is delivered upon expiration of a ventricular escape interval corresponding to the programmed lower rate limit or upon detection of a ventricular sense in a ventricular-triggered mode; and
,wherein the controller is further programmed to, for each ventricular sensing/pacing channel, count the number of ventricular senses received, count the number of paces delivered by reason of expiration of the ventricular escape interval, and count the number of paces triggered by a ventricular sense. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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