Internet-based system for evaluating ECG waveforms to determine the presence of p-mitrale and p-pulmonale
First Claim
1. A system for determining a presence of p-mitrale and p-pulmonale in a test patient'"'"'s heart, comprising:
- an electrocardiogram (ECG)-measuring system configured to measure an ECG waveform from a test patient; and
a computer system comprisinga database stored on a non-transitory storage medium operably linked to the computer system, the database comprising a set of data fields wherein each data field in the set corresponds to an individual comparison patient in a plurality of comparison patients and wherein each data field comprises an ECG waveform obtained from the individual comparison patient and a parameter indicating the presence of p-mitrale and p-pulmonale in the individual comparison patient'"'"'s heart, wherein the database is operably connected to the ECG-measuring system to receive the test patient'"'"'s ECG waveform and store the test patient'"'"'s ECG waveform in a data field corresponding to the test patient,an ECG-analysis software system configured to(i) receive the ECG waveforms from the database corresponding to each individual comparison patient in the plurality of comparison patients and to process the ECG waveform in each data field to extract a set of parameters from an individual comparison patient'"'"'s ECG waveform,(ii) correlate the set of parameters to the presence of p-mitrale and p-pulmonale in the individual comparison patient,(iii) processes multiple data fields to determine an average correlation factor mapping the set of parameters from each individual comparison patient'"'"'s ECG waveform to the parameter indicating the presence of p-mitrale and p-pulmonale in each individual comparison patient'"'"'s heart, and(iv) evaluate the presence of p-mitrale and p-pulmonale in the test patient'"'"'s heart by extracting a new set of parameters from the test patient'"'"'s ECG waveform, and then comparing the new set of parameters to the average correlation factor to estimate a new parameter indicating the presence of p-mitrale and p-pulmonale in the test patient'"'"'s heart.
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Abstract
The present invention provides an improved, Internet-based system that seamlessly collects cardiovascular data from a patient before, during, and after a procedure for EP or an ID. During an EP procedure, the system collects information describing the patient'"'"'s response to PES and the ablation process, ECG waveforms and their various features, HR and other vital signs, HR variability, cardiac arrhythmias, patient demographics, and patient outcomes. Once these data are collected, the system stores them on an Internet-accessible computer system that can deploy a collection of user-selected and custom-developed algorithms. Before and after the procedure, the system also integrates with body-worn and/or programmers that interrogate implanted devices to collect similar data while the patient is either ambulatory, or in a clinic associated with the hospital. A data-collection/storage module, featuring database interface, stores physiological and procedural information measured from the patient.
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23 Claims
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1. A system for determining a presence of p-mitrale and p-pulmonale in a test patient'"'"'s heart, comprising:
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an electrocardiogram (ECG)-measuring system configured to measure an ECG waveform from a test patient; and a computer system comprising a database stored on a non-transitory storage medium operably linked to the computer system, the database comprising a set of data fields wherein each data field in the set corresponds to an individual comparison patient in a plurality of comparison patients and wherein each data field comprises an ECG waveform obtained from the individual comparison patient and a parameter indicating the presence of p-mitrale and p-pulmonale in the individual comparison patient'"'"'s heart, wherein the database is operably connected to the ECG-measuring system to receive the test patient'"'"'s ECG waveform and store the test patient'"'"'s ECG waveform in a data field corresponding to the test patient, an ECG-analysis software system configured to (i) receive the ECG waveforms from the database corresponding to each individual comparison patient in the plurality of comparison patients and to process the ECG waveform in each data field to extract a set of parameters from an individual comparison patient'"'"'s ECG waveform, (ii) correlate the set of parameters to the presence of p-mitrale and p-pulmonale in the individual comparison patient, (iii) processes multiple data fields to determine an average correlation factor mapping the set of parameters from each individual comparison patient'"'"'s ECG waveform to the parameter indicating the presence of p-mitrale and p-pulmonale in each individual comparison patient'"'"'s heart, and (iv) evaluate the presence of p-mitrale and p-pulmonale in the test patient'"'"'s heart by extracting a new set of parameters from the test patient'"'"'s ECG waveform, and then comparing the new set of parameters to the average correlation factor to estimate a new parameter indicating the presence of p-mitrale and p-pulmonale in the test patient'"'"'s heart. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20)
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16. A system for evaluating a presence of p-mitrale and p-pulmonale in a test patient'"'"'s heart, comprising:
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an electrocardiogram (ECG)-measuring system configured to measure an ECG waveform from a test patient; and a computer system comprising a database stored on a non-transitory storage medium operably linked to the computer system, the database comprising a set of data fields wherein each data field in the set corresponds to an individual comparison patient in a plurality of comparison patients and wherein each data field comprises a value of a width of a P wave extracted from an ECG waveform obtained from the individual comparison patient and a parameter indicating the presence of p-mitrale and p-pulmonale in the individual comparison patient'"'"'s heart; an ECG-analysis software system configured to (i) processes multiple data fields, with each data field corresponding to an individual comparison patient and to determine an average correlation factor mapping the value of the width of the P wave from each individual comparison patient to the parameter indicating the presence of p-mitrale and p-pulmonale in each individual comparison patient'"'"'s heart, and (ii) evaluate the presence of p-mitrale and p-pulmonale in the test patient'"'"'s heart by extracting a new width of the P wave from the ECG waveform measured by the ECG-measuring system, and then comparing the new width of the P wave to the average correlation factor to estimate a new parameter indicating the presence of p-mitrale and p-pulmonale in the test patient'"'"'s heart. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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21. A system for evaluating a presence of p-mitrale and p-pulmonale in a test patient'"'"'s heart, comprising:
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an electrocardiogram (ECG)-measuring system configured to measure an ECG waveform from a test patient; and a computer system comprising a database stored on a non-transitory storage medium operably linked to the computer system, the database comprising a set of data fields wherein each data field in the set corresponds to an individual comparison patient in a plurality of comparison patients and wherein each data field comprises a value of an amplitude of a P wave extracted from an Electrocardiogram (ECG) waveform obtained from the individual comparison patient and a parameter indicating the presence of p-mitrale and p-pulmonale in the individual comparison patient'"'"'s heart; an ECG-analysis software system configured to (i) processes multiple data fields, with each data field corresponding to an individual comparison patient and to determine an average correlation factor mapping the value of the amplitude of the P wave from each individual comparison patient to the parameter indicating the presence of p-mitrale and p-pulmonale in each individual comparison patient'"'"'s heart, and; (ii) evaluate the presence of p-mitrale and p-pulmonale in the test patient'"'"'s heart by extracting a new amplitude of the P wave from the ECG waveform measured by the ECG-measuring system, and then comparing the new amplitude of the P wave to the average correlation factor to estimate a new parameter indicating the presence of p-mitrale and p-pulmonale in the test patient'"'"'s heart. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23)
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