Arrhythmia prediction and prevention for implanted devices

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1990-01-30

1991-08-27

Jaworski, Francis

Surgery

Truss

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128671, 128419D, 128702, A61B 504

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050424971

ABSTRACT:
A system for predicting and preventing cardiac arrhythmias for use in combination with an implanted arrhythmia treatment device comprising means for sensing the neural activity of a patient and triggering the implanted arrhythmia treatment device to take preventative and curative actions for an impending arrhythmia upon an elevation of the neural activity. The preventative actions include overdrive pacing of the heart, charging a defibrillator capacitor, activating an alternative cardiac sensing scheme, and applying an anti-arrhythmia drug to the heart of a patient.

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