Patent ID: 8290573

Claim:
A system for dynamically monitoring ST-segment resolution in a patient, the system comprising: a receiver to acquire an electrocardiogram (ECG) signal through a plurality of leads, the ECG signal including, for each of a plurality of detected heart beats, an ST-segment between a QRS complex and a T wave; a processor to process the ECG signal to determine values for the ST-segment relative to an isoelectric value; one or more controls to provide a user selected baseline signal to the processor, the processor responding to the baseline signal by marking a baseline ST-segment value corresponding to a baseline time; wherein the one or more controls further allow the user to select criteria for evaluating ST-segment resolution, wherein the processor determines the values for the ST-segment based on the user selected criteria, and wherein the user-selected criteria further comprises one or more statistical algorithms selected from the group comprising mean, standard deviation, variance, skew, and kurtosis; and a user interface in communication with the processor to display a linear graphical trend of variations in the measured ST-segment values relative to the baseline ST-segment value.