Patent ID: 8204592
Filing Date: 2012-06-19
Classification: A61B,A61N,G16H

Abstract:
1. A method for use with an implantable medical device for implant within a patient, comprising: detecting arrhythmia precursor events within the patient wherein the arrhythmia precursor events comprise one or more of premature ventricular contractions and episodes of non-sustained ventricular tachycardia; detecting episodes of cardiac ischemia within the patient; generating diagnostics relating the arrhythmia precursor events with the episodes of cardiac ischemia and distinguishing clinically actionable ischemia events from non-clinically actionable ischemia events; and controlling at least one device function based on the diagnostics, wherein the at least one device function comprising generating a warning signal if the episodes of cardiac ischemia happen absent one or more arrhythmia precursor events corresponding with the non-clinically actionable ischemia events, and a second therapy based function different from the first function if the episodes of cardiac ischemia happen coincident with one or more arrhythmia precursor events corresponding with the clinically actionable ischemia events.