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Patent US8103345 - Cardiac pacing using adjustable atrio-ventricular delays - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inAdvanced Patent SearchPatentsA pacing system for providing optimal hemodynamic cardiac function for parameters such as contractility (peak left ventricle pressure change during systole or LV+dp/dt), or stroke volume (aortic pulse pressure) using system for calculating atrio-ventricular delays for optimal timing of a ventricular...http://www.google.com/patents/US8103345?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US8103345 - Cardiac pacing using adjustable atrio-ventricular delaysAdvanced Patent SearchPage imagesCardiac pacing using adjustable atrio-ventricular delays Jiang Ding et alOverviewAbstractDrawingsDescriptionClaims Patent number: 8103345Filing date: Nov 29, 2010Issue date: Jan 24, 2012Application number: 12/955,218 Page imagesPDF
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