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Cardiac protection system and method

  • US 8,126,549 B2
  • Filed: 07/15/2008
  • Issued: 02/28/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/15/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of providing cardiac ischemic protection to a patient'"'"'s heart, the method comprising:

  • detecting at least one of acute myocardial infarction, angina pectoris, silent ischemia, and stunning;

    providing closed-loop dyssynchronous pacing to the patient'"'"'s heart to at least one of precondition and postcondition the patient'"'"'s heart in order to reduce ischemic damage,wherein the dyssynchronous pacing is configured to produce discordant motion of the ventricular walls of the patient'"'"'s heart; and

    pacing the right ventricular apex with an atrioventricular delay with a dual chamber ventricular pacemaker,wherein the atrioventricular delay is about 30 milliseconds.

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