Patent ID: 8396552

Claim:
A method for delivering pacing pulses, the method comprising: sensing one or more signals indicative of an ischemic event; detecting an onset of the ischemic event from the one or more signals; starting an ischemia time interval when the onset of the ischemic event is detected; initiating one or more cardiac protection pacing sequences in response to the detection of the onset of the ischemic event, the one or more cardiac protection pacing sequences each including alternating pacing and non-pacing periods, the pacing periods each having a pacing duration during which a plurality of pacing pulses is delivered, the non-pacing periods each having a non-pacing duration during which no pacing pulse is delivered; and delivering the plurality of pacing pulses during each of the pacing periods, wherein the one or more cardiac protection pacing sequences include at least one concurrent conditioning sequence, and initiating the one or more cardiac protection pacing sequences includes initiating the at least one concurrent conditioning pacing sequence when the ischemia time interval expires.