Stress reduction pacing for arterial plaque stabilization
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1. A method for treating coronary artery disease in a patient, comprising:
- placing a pacing electrode in proximity to a pacing site which is located near a site of atherosclerotic plaque within an intra-myocardial portion of the coronary artery; and
,delivering pacing pulses to the pacing site in a manner which pre-excites the pacing site such that it contracts prior to other areas of the myocardium during a cardiac cycle.
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Abstract
A method for stabilizing atherosclerotic plaque with the intra-myocardial portion of a coronary artery is presented. Pacing therapy is utilized to pre-excite ventricular myocardium near the site of a plaque and thereby mechanically unload the myocardial region. Such mechanical unloading results in less deforming stress being transmitted to the plaque during ventricular systole.
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17 Claims
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1. A method for treating coronary artery disease in a patient, comprising:
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placing a pacing electrode in proximity to a pacing site which is located near a site of atherosclerotic plaque within an intra-myocardial portion of the coronary artery; and
,delivering pacing pulses to the pacing site in a manner which pre-excites the pacing site such that it contracts prior to other areas of the myocardium during a cardiac cycle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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