Various techniques are described for preventing pacemaker mediated tachycardia (PMT) within biventricular pacing systems and for detecting and terminating PMT should it nevertheless arise. In a first prevention technique, refractory periods applied to the atrial channel are synchronized to begin with a second of a pair of ventricular pacing pulses to more effectively prevent T-wave oversensing on the atrial channel. In a second prevention technique, the sensitivity of the atrial channel is reduced during T-waves also to prevent T-wave oversensing. In a third prevention technique, template matching is performed on the ventricular channels to prevent T-wave oversensing. In a fourth prevention technique, T-wave detection windows are applied to both the ventricular and atrial channels subsequent to any paced or sensed events. In a first detection technique, PMT is detected based upon a degree of variation within V-pulse to P-wave pacing intervals. In a second detection technique, PMT is detected based upon a degree variation within ventricular pacing intervals. In either case, if the degree of variation is too low, indicative of PMT, ventricular refractory periods are expanded to terminate the PMT.

 
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