Patent ID: 8903490

Claim:
A method for classifying and treating an arrhythmia, comprising: implementing a programmed arrhythmia recognition routine to classify the arrhythmia before treating the arrhythmia, wherein implementing the programmed arrhythmia recognition includes: sensing a characteristic of a ventricle before delivering a diagnostic neural stimulation; delivering the diagnostic neural stimulation to diagnose the arrhythmia; sensing the characteristic of the ventricle while delivering the diagnostic neural stimulation; and using the sensed characteristic of the ventricle before and during the diagnostic neural stimulation to classify the arrhythmia as either a supraventricular tachyarrhythmia (SVT) or a ventricular tachycardia (VT); and implementing a programmed response to classifying the arrhythmia after completing the programmed arrhythmia recognition routine, including: delivering a VT therapy to treat the VT when the classified arrhythmia is the VT; and either delivering no therapy or delivering an SVT therapy to treat the SVT when the classified arrhythmia is the SVT, wherein: the VT therapy and the SVT therapy each have distinct protocols from the diagnostic neural stimulation and are delivered after completion of the programmed arrhythmia recognition routine; and the SVT therapy includes myocardial stimulation therapy.