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Cardiac lead incorporating strain gauge for assessing cardiac contractility

For chronic monitoring of the effects of pacing and/or drug therapy in treating CHF, a strain gauge element is disposed at the distal end of a cardiac lead and is effective to produce a signal relating to the amount of flexure being induced into the lead by the beating action of the heart.

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