Patent ID: 6411840
Filing Date: 2002-06-25
Classification: A61B,A61N,Y10S

Abstract:
An automated system for diagnosing and monitoring outcomes of atrial fibrillation, comprising:a database for storing a plurality of monitoring sets which each comprise recorded measures relating to patient information recorded on a substantially continuous basis; a comparison module for receiving a diagnosis of atrial fibrillation and determining at least one patient status change in response to the atrial fibrillation diagnosis by comparing on a periodic basis at least one recorded measure from each of the monitoring sets to at least one other recorded measure from another of the monitoring sets with both recorded measures relating to a same type of patient information; and an analysis module for evaluating on a periodic basis each patient status change for an absence, an onset, a progression, a regression, and a status quo of atrial fibrillation against a predetermined indicator threshold corresponding to the same type of patient information as the recorded measures which were compared, the indicator threshold corresponding to a quantifiable physiological measure of a pathophysiological diagnosis resulting from atrial fibrillation.