Patent ID: 8145304

Claim:
A method, comprising: providing a feedback signal indicative of at least one physiological signal; and providing a neural stimulation therapy responsive to the feedback signal, wherein providing the neural stimulation therapy includes: stimulating an SVC-AO cardiac fat pad to change ventricular contractility of the heart without changing heart rate or inducing an arrhythmia, the SVC-AO fat pad being located proximate to a junction between a superior vena cava and an aorta; and stimulating: a PV cardiac fat pad associated with an sinoatrial (SA) node to change a sinus rate of the heart without changing AV conduction time, the PV cardiac fat pad being located proximate to a junction between a right atrium and right pulmonary veins; or an IVC-LA cardiac fat pad associated with an atrioventricular (AV) node to change the AV conduction time of the heart without changing the sinus rate, the IVC-LA cardiac fat pad being located proximate to a junction between an inferior vena cava and a left atrium.