System and method for processing and presenting arrhythmia information to facilitate heart arrhythmia identification and treatment

A machine-implemented method comprising:

• identifying arrhythmia events in physiological data obtained for a living being, the identified arrhythmia events representing a first group of data;
• receiving a second group of data that includes human assessments of at least a portion of the arrhythmia events;
• determining at least one measure of correlation between the first group of data and the second group of data;
• and
• if the measure of correlation matches or exceeds at least one predetermined value, selectively presenting, based on this measure of correlation, information regarding at least a portion of the arrhythmia events.

An article comprising a machine-readable medium embodying information indicative of instructions that when performed by one or more machines result in operations comprising:

• identifying atrial fibrillation events in physiological data obtained for a living being;
• obtaining heart rate data for the living being;
• and
• pictographically presenting, using a common time scale, information regarding the heart rate data during a defined time period and regarding duration of atrial fibrillation activity, according to the identified atrial fibrillation events, during the defined time period such that heart rate trend is presented with atrial fibrillation burden.

An article comprising a machine-readable medium embodying information indicative of instructions that when performed by one or more machines result in operations comprising:

• identifying arrhythmia events in physiological data obtained for a living being, the identified arrhythmia events representing a first group of data;
• receiving a second group of data that includes human assessments of at least a portion of the arrhythmia events;
• determining at least one measure of correlation between the first group of data and the second group of data;
• and
• if the measure of correlation matches or exceeds at least one predetermined value, selectively presenting, based on this measure of correlation, information regarding at least a portion of the arrhythmia events.

A machine-implemented method comprising:

• identifying arrhythmia events in physiological data obtained for a living being, the identified arrhythmia events representing a first group of data;
• receiving a second group of data that includes human assessments of at least a portion of the arrhythmia events;
• determining at least one measure of correlation between the first group of data and the second group of data;
• and
• if the measure of correlation matches or is less than at least one predetermined value, selectively presenting, based on this measure of correlation, information regarding at least a portion of the arrhythmia events.

An article comprising a machine-readable medium embodying information indicative of instructions that when performed by one or more machines result in operations comprising:

• identifying arrhythmia events in physiological data obtained for a living being, the identified arrhythmia events representing a first group of data;
• receiving a second group of data that includes human assessments of at least a portion of the arrhythmia events;
• determining at least one measure of correlation between the first group of data and the second group of data;
• if the measure of correlation matches or is less than at least one predetermined value, selectively presenting, based or this measure of correlation, information regarding at least a portion of the arrhythmia events.

A machine implemented method comprising:

• obtaining heart rate data for a living being;
• identifying atrial fibrillation events in physiological data obtained for the living being, the identified atrial fibrillation events representing a first group of data, and wherein identifying atrial fibrillation events includes examining the physiological data in time intervals and identifying the intervals in which at least one atrial fibrillation event has occurred;
• receiving a second group of data that includes human assessments of at least a portion of the atrial fibrillation events;
• determining at least one measure of correlation between the first group of data and the second group of data, wherein determining at least one measure of correlation includes assessing, based on comparing at least time data, a number of the identified intervals that encompass at least a portion of the human-assessed atrial fibrillation events;
• if the measure of correlation matches or exceeds at least one predetermined value, pictographically presenting, using a common time scale, information regarding the heart rate data during a defined time period and regarding duration of atrial fibrillation activity, according to the identified atrial fibrillation events, during the defined time period such that heart rate trend is juxtaposed with atrial fibrillation burden and wherein pictographically presenting includes displaying the identified intervals in alignment with the information regarding the heart rate data on the common lime scale.

An apparatus comprising:

• means for identifying atrial fibrillation events in physiological data obtained for a living being;
• means for obtaining heart rate data for the living being;
• and
• means for pictographically presenting, using a common time scale, information regarding the heart rate data during a defined time period and regarding duration of atrial fibrillation activity, according to the identified atrial fibrillation events, during the defined time period such that heart rate trend is presented with atrial fibrillation burden.

An apparatus comprising:

• means for identifying arrhythmia events in physiological data obtained for a living being, the identified arrhythmia events representing a first group of data;
• means for receiving a second group of data that includes human assessments of at least a portion of the arrhythmia events;
• means for determining at least one measure of correlation between the first group of data and the second group of data;
• means for selectively presenting, based on this measure of correlation, information regarding at least a portion of the arrhythmia events if the measure of correlation matches or exceeds at least one predetermined value.

A machine implemented method comprising:

• obtaining heart rate data for a living being;
• identifying arrhythmia events in physiological data obtained for the living being, the identified arrhythmia events representing a first group of data, and wherein identifying arrhythmia events includes examining the physiological data in time intervals and identifying the intervals in which at least one arrhythmia events event has occurred;
• receiving a second group of data that includes human assessments of at least a portion of the arrhythmia events;
• determining at least one measure of correlation between the first group of data and the second group of data, wherein determining at least one measure of correlation includes assessing, based on comparing at least time data, a number of the identified intervals that encompass at least a portion of the human-assessed arrhythmia events;
• if the measure of correlation matches or exceeds at least one predetermined value, pictographically presenting, using a common time scale, information regarding the heart rate data during a defined time period and regarding duration of arrhythmia events activity, according to the identified arrhythmia events, during the defined time period such that heart rate trend is juxtaposed with arrhythmia event burden and wherein pictographically presenting includes displaying the identified intervals in alignment with the information regarding the heart rate data on the common time scale.

A machine-implemented method comprising:

• identifying arrhythmia events in physiological data obtained for a living being, the identified arrhythmia events representing a first group of data;
• receiving a second group of data that includes human assessments of at least a portion of the arrhythmia events;
• determining at least one measure of correlation between the first group of data and the second group of data;
• and
• if the measure of correlation matches or exceeds at least one predetermined value, selectively presenting, based on this measure of correlation, information regarding at least a portion of the identified arrhythmia events and wherein selectively presenting information comprises presenting information regarding the identified arrhythmia events and heart rate data for the living being, during a defined time period, together with a common time scale if the measure of correlation indicates a high positive predictivity for the identification of arrhythmia events during the defined time period.