Patent ID: 6665559
Filing Date: 2003-12-16
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A method of assessing a patient's cardiovascular risk, the method comprising the acts of:acquiring an electrocardiogram for the patient; assigning a first diagnostic statement of minor cardiovascular risk to the acquired electrocardiogram if the acquired electrocardiogram exhibits a non-life-threatening cardiac condition; performing a serial comparison between the acquired electrocardiogram and a previous electrocardiogram; determining whether the non-life-threatening cardiac condition exhibited in the acquired electrocardiogram was exhibited in the previous electrocardiogram; assigning a second diagnostic statement of major cardiovascular risk to the acquired electrocardiogram if the cardiac condition was not exhibited in the previous electrocardiogram; determining a probability of cardiovascular risk value based on the second diagnostic statement; and displaying the probability of cardiovascular risk value to a clinician.