Patent ID: 8417334
Filing Date: 2013-04-09
Classification: A61N

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for treating a patient to improve cardiac performance and efficiency of the patient's heart, the apparatus comprising: at least one electrode adapted to be located in a region associated with nervous tissue in a patient; means for monitoring one or more physiologic parameters of the patient; means for automatically applying electrical stimulation via the at least one electrode to improve balance of a neuro-endocrinological system of the patient in response to the one or more physiologic parameters of the patient; and means for delivering a pacing therapy to the patient's heart of a type that improves cardiac output, wherein said pacing therapy consists of a cardiac resynchronization therapy; and means for adjusting the electrical stimulation applied during delivery of the pacing therapy responsive to the one or more physiological parameters of the patient as monitored during delivery of the pacing therapy.