Patent ID: 8634930

Claim:
A system for providing therapy to a patient, comprising: a glucose control input configured to receive an indicator that the patient has poor glucose control and a low physical activity input configured to receive an indicator that the patient is experiencing low exertion, wherein the poor glucose control indicates that a heart is a diabetic heart that is less efficient in producing adenosine triphosphate (ATP) energy molecules than a healthy heart, and wherein the low exertion indicates that the patient is in a period of rest; and a diabetic electrical therapy delivery system configured to reduce a workload of the diabetic heart, wherein reducing the workload of the diabetic heart reduces demand for ATP energy molecules, wherein the diabetic therapy delivery system is connected to the glucose control input and the low physical activity input and configured to use the glucose control input to determine that the patient has poor glucose control and use the low physical activity input to determine that the patient is experiencing low exertion, wherein the diabetic therapy delivery system is configured to reduce the workload of the diabetic heart only on condition that the diabetic therapy delivery system determines that the patient has poor glucose control and is experiencing low exertion.