Patent ID: 7483743

Claim:
An apparatus for treating cardiovascular disease in a medical patient, the apparatus comprising: a sensor module, comprising a sensor, said sensor operable to generate a sensor signal indicative of a fluid pressure within a left atrium of a heart, and electronics; an implantable cardiac rhythm management apparatus, said cardiac rhythm management apparatus comprising a housing and an electrode, said electrode operable to deliver an electrical stimulus to a location in the heart, said electrical stimulus delivered based at least in part on said sensor signal, wherein the sensor is connected to the implantable housing; at least one implantable lead coupled to said implantable housing, and coupled to said electrode; a signal processor, operable to generate a processor output indicative of a treatment, wherein said processor output is based at least in part on the sensor signal; and a signaling device, operable to generate at least two treatment signals distinguishable from one another by the patient, each signal indicative of a therapeutic treatment, wherein said at least two treatment signals are based at least in part on said processor output.