Method and apparatus for perioperative assessment of cardiovascular risk
First Claim
1. A method of assessing a patient'"'"'s perioperative cardiovascular risk, the method comprising the acts of:
- providing a statement code library;
acquiring an electrocardiogram for the patient;
generating statement codes for the acquired electrocardiogram;
comparing the statement codes for the acquired electrocardiogram with the statement code library, wherein the statement code library includes a set of indicators that define which of the statement codes are relevant to the assessment of the patient'"'"'s perioperative risk;
determining the probability of perioperative cardiovascular risk to the patient from the comparison; and
displaying the probability of perioperative cardiovascular risk to a clinician.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for providing real-time support in interpreting a patient'"'"'s ECG in order to assess the probability of perioperative cardiovascular risk associated with performing a non-cardiac surgery. The apparatus includes an acquisition unit for acquiring an ECG and a processor for determining whether the ECG has diagnostic statements of risk. From the diagnostic statements of risk, the processor determines the probability of cardiovascular risk associated with the non-cardiac surgery. The probability of cardiovascular risk is displayed on display in the form of an indicator of either major, intermediate, or minor cardiovascular risk.
The method includes acquiring a patient'"'"'s ECG, determining whether the ECG exhibits diagnostic statements of cardiovascular risk, and determining the probability of cardiovascular risk based on the diagnostic statements, and displaying the determined probability of cardiovascular risk.
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16 Claims
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1. A method of assessing a patient'"'"'s perioperative cardiovascular risk, the method comprising the acts of:
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providing a statement code library; acquiring an electrocardiogram for the patient; generating statement codes for the acquired electrocardiogram; comparing the statement codes for the acquired electrocardiogram with the statement code library, wherein the statement code library includes a set of indicators that define which of the statement codes are relevant to the assessment of the patient'"'"'s perioperative risk; determining the probability of perioperative cardiovascular risk to the patient from the comparison; and displaying the probability of perioperative cardiovascular risk to a clinician. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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