APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HEART FAILURE INDICATION BASED ON HEART RATE, ONSET AND TACHYARRHYTHMIA
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1. A method comprising:
- monitoring a first heart rate; and
detecting a first sinus tachyarrhythmia episode preceded by the first heart rate;
when the first sinus tachyarrhythmia episode is detected;
determining how quickly a first onset to the first sinus tachyarrhythmia episode occurs; and
automatically providing an indication of an actual or potential heart failure condition using information about the first heart rate and how quickly the first onset to the first sinus tachyarrhythmia episode occurs.
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Abstract
An indication of an actual or potential heart failure condition is computed. One example includes monitoring a first heart rate preceding a first onset of a first sinus tachyarrhythmia episode. Upon detecting the first sinus tachyarrhythmia episode, the indication is automatically provided using information about the first heart rate and how quickly the first onset occurs.
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1. A method comprising:
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monitoring a first heart rate; and detecting a first sinus tachyarrhythmia episode preceded by the first heart rate; when the first sinus tachyarrhythmia episode is detected; determining how quickly a first onset to the first sinus tachyarrhythmia episode occurs; and automatically providing an indication of an actual or potential heart failure condition using information about the first heart rate and how quickly the first onset to the first sinus tachyarrhythmia episode occurs. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An apparatus comprising:
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a first heart rate monitor circuit; a sinus tachyarrhythmia episode detection circuit; a sinus tachyarrhythmia onset detector circuit, configured to determine how quickly a first onset to a first sinus tachyarrhythmia episode occurs; and a heart failure indication detector circuit, coupled to at least one of the heart rate monitor circuit, the sinus tachyarrhythmia episode detection circuit, and the sinus tachyarrhythmia onset detector circuit, wherein the heart failure indication detector circuit is configured to indicate an actual or potential heart failure condition, when the first sinus tachyarrhythmia episode is detected, by using information about a first heart rate preceding the first sinus tachyarrhythmia episode and information about how quickly the first onset to the first sinus tachyarrhythmia episode occurs. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. An apparatus comprising:
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a heart rate monitor circuit; a sinus tachyarrhythmia episode detection circuit; means for determining how quickly a first onset to the first sinus tachyarrhythmia episode occurs; and means for automatically providing an indication of an actual or potential heart failure condition using an indication that the first onset occurs more quickly than a specified onset threshold together with an indication that a first heart rate exceeds a specified threshold heart rate, wherein the first heart rate precedes the first onset to the first sinus tachyarrhythmia episode. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29)
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