Apparatus for monitoring drug effects on cardiac electrical signals using an implantable cardiac stimulation device

摘要

The device has a microcontroller with an antiarrhythmic drug efficacy monitoring unit (150) for monitoring efficacy of drugs prescribed to a patient. A warning signal generation unit (154) generates and transmits a warning signal to a bedside monitoring unit for alerting the patient of possible drug efficacy problems. A drug pump control unit controls an optional implantable drug pump to compensate for drug efficacy problems.