Patent ID: 8027726
Filing Date: 2011-09-27
Classification: A61B,A61N

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: applying at least one predetermined criteria to physiological patient data; automatically identifying a patient exercise episode using the at least one predetermined criteria applied to the physiological patient data, wherein the patient exercise episode includes an exercise period followed by a post-exercise recovery period; obtaining heart contraction indicative data associated with the patient exercise episode; identifying ectopic beats occurring during the post-exercise recovery period; obtaining recovery ectopic beat data from the identified ectopic beats of the post-exercise recovery period; and displaying a summary of the patient exercise episode, including displaying at least one prognostic indicator using or obtained from the recovery ectopic beat data associated with the post-exercise recovery period, the at least one prognostic indicator including a displayed computed number of ectopic beats occurring during the post-exercise recovery period of the patient exercise episode.