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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2001
Nirav Vijay Sheth, Coon Rapids, MN (US);
Robert A. Betzold, Fridley, MN (US);
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
The invention is directed to pacing techniques designed to avoid competitive atrial pacing. In particular, the techniques dynamically adjust a non-competitive atrial pacing (NCAP) interval based on sensed cardiac conditions. An apparatus capable of delivering pacing stimuli, such as a pacemaker or an implantable cardioverter/defibrillator (ICD), is described that inhibits delivery of an atrial pacing stimulus for an NCAP interval having a duration that is adjusted according to sensed cardiac conditions. The apparatus may adjust the duration of the NCAP interval when sensing, for example, premature ventricular contraction (PVC), pacemaker mediated tachycardia (PMT), or atrial arrhythmia (AA).