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System, method, and apparatus for combining information from an implanted device with information from a patient monitoring apparatus

  • US 20060064030A1
  • Filed: 09/19/2005
  • Published: 03/23/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/16/1999
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method of detecting an impending decompensation of heart failure in a patient, the method comprising:

  • receiving transthoracic impedance data measured by a cardiac rhythm management device implanted in the patient;

    obtaining a weight measurement of the patient; and

    detecting impending decompensation of acute heart failure, based at least in part upon the weight measurement and the transthoracic impedance data received from the cardiac rhythm management device.

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