Patent ID: 8483823

Claim:
A method, for proving neural stimulation therapy in conjunction with cardiac resynchronization therapy, the method comprising: directing a first lead including a right ventricular electrode into a right side of a heart to position the right ventricular electrode proximate a right ventricle; directing a second lead including a left ventricular electrode and a fat pad electrode into a coronary sinus; positioning the left ventricular electrode within a coronary vein proximate a left ventricle; creating a vascular puncture from within the coronary sinus; directing the fat pad electrode through the vascular puncture and outside a volume defined by the coronary sinus; positioning the fat pad electrode proximate parasympathetic ganglia located in a fat pad bounded by an inferior vena cava and a left atrium; delivering cardiac resynchronization therapy to the left ventricle and the right ventricle via the left ventricular electrode and the right ventricular electrode; and delivering neural stimulation therapy to the parasympathetic ganglia via the fat pad electrode, wherein ventricular wall stress is reduced.