A programmer and implantable stimulation device system with the
implantable device and programmer in telemetric communication with each
other wherein the implantable device internally monitors a plurality of
physiological parameters and telemeters a plurality of those parameters
to the programmer in at least a quasi-real-time manner such that the
programmer can display waveforms corresponding to the internally
monitored parameters in at least a quasi-real-time manner. The
physiological parameters can include measurements of cardiac function,
metabolic need, and patient orientation. In some aspects, the internally
monitored parameters are provided continuously in a real-time manner and,
in other aspects, the parameters are processed to a limited extent and
provided as a derived parameter, such as an average, and/or as frames of
data.