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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2007
David M. Hadley, Woodinville, WA (US);
David M. Hadley, Woodinville, WA (US);
Mortara Instrument, Inc., Milwaukee, WI (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for assessing cardiac risks based on heart activity data obtained during a recovery stage of an exercise test of a specific patient. An embodiment of a method comprises determining a prognostic period of the heart activity data after a time tafter a peak heart rate of the exercise test, and ascertaining a risk indicator. The risk indicator is based on (a) the heart rate activity data during the recovery stage only after time tand (b) a post-exercise heart rate reserve based on a post-exercise resting heart rate. This embodiment of the method further includes providing an assessment of cardiac risk of a specific patient based on the ascertained risk indicator.