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AUTOMATIC AND AMBULATORY MONITORING OF CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE PATIENTS

  • US 20080045815A1
  • Filed: 06/18/2007
  • Published: 02/21/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for automatically monitoring congestive heart failure (CHF) in a subject comprising:

  • receiving signals generated by non-invasively monitoring respiratory and cardiac physiology of the subject, the signals conveying information concerning at least the subject'"'"'s breath rate and volume and the subject'"'"'s cardiac rate;

    examining the received signals for indications of periodic breathing (PB);

    examining the received signals for indications of reduced heart rate variability (HRV); and

    indicating the status of CHF in the subject in dependence on the indications of PB and on the indications of HRV.

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