A first electrode is positioned within an artery proximate an implanted intravascular
stent. A second electrode is positioned at a separate location relative the position
of the first electrode. Electrical energy is then delivered between the first and
the second electrodes to produce an electrical field adjacent the implanted intravascular
stent. When a intravascular stent is implanted in a coronary artery, the delivery
of the electrical energy is coordinated to cardiac cycles detected in sensed cardiac
signals, where the delivery of the electrical energy between the first electrode
and the second electrode occurs during a predetermined portion of the cardiac cycle.