| 摘要 |
A device (1) for identifying the likelihood of a patient suffering a myocardial infarction comprises a heart rate monitor (16) operative to generate an output indicative of the current heart rate of the patient, and memory means for storing heart rate data indicative of a heart rate of the patient at which angina has previously occurred. Electronic control means (25) is provided and is operative to analyse both the output from the heart rate monitor (16) and the heart rate data stored on the memory according to an algorithm so as to identify a change in the current heart rate indicative of an increased likelihood of the patient suffering myocardial infarction. Alternatively other physiological parameters may be used to identify deterioration in a disease condition eg blood sugar level for a diabetic patient. |
