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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2006
Rodney W. Salo, Fridley, MN (US);
Guy Alvarez, Lino Lakes, MN (US);
Eric G. Lovett, Mendota Heights, MN (US);
Rodney W. Salo, Fridley, MN (US);
Guy Alvarez, Lino Lakes, MN (US);
Eric G. Lovett, Mendota Heights, MN (US);
Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
Described herein are methods and systems for delivering pacing therapy to HF patients who do not exhibit a reduced EF. Such patients do not have systolic dysfunction and generally do not benefit from established HF therapies that either augment contractile function or counteract conduction abnormalities. In one embodiment, a HF patient with a normal EF is tested for the adequacy of heart rate response during exercise. If the patient is found to be chronotropically incompetent, a rate-adaptive pacing mode is employed in order to improve functional capacity.