Patent ID: 7440800

Claim:
An apparatus for minimizing cardiac remodeling of a non-arrhythmic patient comprising: a heart stimulation device adapted to stimulate cardiac tissue, wherein the cardiac tissue comprises healthy and compromised areas; a left ventricular electrode group, wherein the left ventricular electrode group comprises LV electrodes attached to the left ventricle at increasing distances from the AV node; and a right ventricular electrode group, wherein the right ventricular electrode group comprises RV electrodes attached to the left ventricle at increasing distances from the AV node, and wherein, the heart stimulation device is further adapted to: attach to the LV and RV electrodes; generate a timing signal coincident with a refractory period: and in response to the timing signal, send pulses to the LV and RV electrodes sequenced such that an initial pulse arrives at an LV electrode and at an RV electrode nearest the AV junction and subsequent pulses arrive at an LV and at an RV electrode progressively further from the AV junction.