Methods, apparatus and systems for enhancing cardiac pacing generally
provide for measuring at least one cardiac characteristic, calculating at
least one cardiac performance parameter based on the measured
characteristic(s), and adjusting at least one functional parameter of a
cardiac pacing device. Devices may include at least one catheter (such as
a multiplexed catheter with one or more sensors and/or actuators), at
least one implant (such as a sensor implantable in a heart wall), or a
combination of both. Various cardiac performance parameters and/or pacing
device performance parameters may be weighted, and the parameters and
their respective weights may be used to determine one or more adjustments
to be made to the pacing device. In some instances, the adjustments are
made automatically.