Patent ID: 7761155
Filing Date: 2010-07-20
Classification: A61N

Abstract:
1. A method for delivering a therapy to terminate a tachycardia event, comprising: sensing cardiac signals and detecting the tachycardia event in response to the sensed cardiac signals; delivering a first plurality of pacing pulses in response to the detected cardiac event; determining a cause of the delivered first plurality of pacing pulses failing to terminate the tachycardia event as a result of one of a failure to capture the tachycardia event, a failure to complete peelback, and a failure to entrain a reentrant circuit associated with the tachycardia event by considering at least two of the failure to capture the tachycardia event, the failure to complete peelback, and the failure to entrain a reentrant circuit associated with the tachycardia event; and adjusting delivery of a second plurality of pacing pulses subsequent to the delivery of the first plurality of pacing pulses in response to the determined cause.