Method and apparatus for remote detection and monitoring of functional chronotropic incompetence

An apparatus to monitor a patient, the apparatus comprising,

• a processor system comprising at least one processor having a tangible medium with instructions of a computer program embodied thereon, the processor system configured to:
• receive heart rate data of the patient, the heart rate data comprising a plurality of measurements of the patient's heart rate taken over a period of time;
• determine a resting heart rate of the patient based on the received heart rate data;
• and
• identify chronotropic incompetence based on the determined resting heart rate.

An apparatus to monitor a remote patient, the apparatus comprising,

• a processor system comprising at least one processor having a tangible medium with instructions of a computer program embodied thereon, the processor system configured to:
• receive data of the remote patient comprising heart rate data of the patient and activity data of the patient;
• compare patient activity data to an activity threshold to determine activity above the activity threshold;
• determine heart rate data corresponding with patient activity data above the activity threshold;
• and
• identify chronotropic incompetence based on a correlation between the heart rate data observed above the activity threshold and activity data of the patient.

A method of monitoring a patient to detect chronotropic incompetence, the method comprising:

• receiving data corresponding with a remote patient, the data comprising heart rate data of the patient and activity data of the patient;
• comparing patient activity data to an activity threshold to determine activity above the activity threshold;
• determining heart rate data corresponding with patient activity data above the activity threshold;
• and
• identifying chronotropic incompetence based on a correlation between the heart rate data observed above the activity threshold and activity data of the patient.