Method and apparatus for electrically stimulating the...

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A61N 1/04 (2006.01) A61M 37/00 (2006.01) A61N 1/05 (2006.01) A61N 1/08 (2006.01) A61N 1/18 (2006.01) A61N 1/36 (2006.01) A61N 1/362 (2006.01)

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CA 2426810

A method and apparatus are used to provide therapy to a patient experiencing ventricular dysfunction or heart failure. At least one electrode is located in a region associated with nervous tissue, such as nerve bundles T1-T4, in a patient's body. Electrical stimulation is applied to the at least one electrode to improve the cardiac efficiency of the patient's heart. One or more predetermined physiologic parameters of the patient are monitored, and the electrical stimulation is adjusted based on the one or more predetermined physiologic parameters.

L'invention concerne un procédé et un appareil destinés à la thérapie d'un patient souffrant de dysfonctionnement ventriculaire ou d'insuffisance cardiaque. Au moins une électrode est placée dans une région associée à du tissu nerveux, tels que les faisceaux nerveux T1-T4, dans le corps du patient. Une stimulation électrique est appliquée à l'électrode pour améliorer l'efficacité cardiaque du coeur du patient. Un ou plusieurs paramètres physiologiques prédéterminés sont surveillés chez le patient et la stimulation électrique est réglée en fonction de ces paramètres physiologiques prédéterminés.

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