Device and methods for assessing, diagnosing, and/or monitoring heart health

1. A system for communicating heart health of an individual to the individual, comprising:

an input device useable to enter data relevant to the health of the individual;

wherein at least some of the relevant data are biographical data and at least some of the relevant data are measurement data;

an expert system including a knowledge base populated by a plurality of facts and rules for assessing heart health;

wherein the expert system applies the knowledge base to the relevant data to assess heart health; and

an output device useable to communicate one or both of current heart health of the individual and a change in heart health that exceeds a threshold.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the system communicates an ischemic heart disease condition of the individual and the output device is useable to communicate one or both of current heart health condition of the individual and a change in ischemic heart disease condition that exceeds a threshold.

3. The system of claim 1 , further comprising one electrocardiogram (EKG) data acquisition devices in the form of 3, 5, or 12-lead channel for obtaining vital sign data.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the biographical data include one or more of age, race, gender, height, weight, medical history, heart disease risk factors, exercise habits and dietary habits.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the measurement data include one or more of blood pressure measurements, cholesterol measurements, blood test results, chest x-ray results, electrocardiogram (EKG) results, and echocardiogram results.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the output device is one or both of a display device and a speaker.

7. The system of claim 5 , wherein the heart health is communicated via an infographic presented by the display device.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the output device is further useable to communicate suggestions for the probable risk of specific heart diseases.

9. A method of communicating heart health of an individual to the individual, comprising:

obtaining data relevant to the heart health of the individual;

wherein at least some of the relevant data are biographical data and at least some of the relevant data are measurement data;

using an expert system including a knowledge base populated by a plurality of facts and rules;

assessing the heart health of the individual by applying, using the expert system, the knowledge base to the relevant data;

wherein the heart health includes one or both of an assessment of current health of the individual and a change in heart health that exceeds a threshold; and

communicating the determined heart health to the individual.

10. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium, including instructions stored thereon which when read and executed by one or more computers cause the one or more computers to perform the steps comprising:

obtaining data relevant to the heart health of the individual;

wherein at least some of the relevant data are biographical data and at least some of the relevant data are measurement data;

using an expert system including a knowledge base populated by a plurality of facts and rules;

assessing the heart health of the individual by applying, using the expert system, the knowledge base to the relevant data;

wherein the heart health includes one or both of an assessment of current health of the individual and a change in heart health that exceeds a threshold; and

communicating the determined heart health to the individual.

11. The system of claim 1 , wherein the output device is configurable to pre-select conditions related to heart health that are communicated by the output device.

12. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a logic analysis system, and wherein the logic analysis system includes the expert system, and wherein the logic analysis system validates the relevant data prior to the expert system applying the knowledge base to the relevant data.

13. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a signal library database;

wherein the relevant data includes an electrocardiogram; and

wherein the expert system assesses the heart health of the individual via a statistical comparison of the electrocardiogram to the signal library database.

14. The system of claim 1 , wherein the relevant data includes an electrocardiogram; and

wherein the system determines based on the electrocardiogram whether a myocardial infarction is present and where present communicates, via the output device, whether the myocardial infarction is an ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) or a non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI).

15. The system of claim 1 ,

wherein the assessment of heart health by the expert system is a pre-assessment; and

wherein the expert system further determines one or more recommended follow-on diagnostic tests or treatments; and

wherein the output device is further useable to communicate the one or more recommended follow-on diagnostic tests or treatments.

16. The method of claim 9 , wherein the determined heart health to the individual is communicated via a display and further comprising:

configuring the display by pre-selecting conditions related to heart health that are communicated by the display.

17. The method of claim 9 , wherein the expert system is part of a logic analysis system, and further comprising:

validating the relevant data, using the logic analysis system, prior to the expert system applying the knowledge base to the relevant data.

18. The method of claim 9 , wherein the relevant data includes an electrocardiogram; and wherein assessing the heart health of the individual includes applying a statistical comparison of the electrocardiogram to a signal library database.

19. The method of claim 9 , wherein the relevant data includes an electrocardiogram; and further comprising:

determining based on the electrocardiogram whether a myocardial infarction is present and where present communicating, via the output device, whether the myocardial infarction is an ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) or a non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI).

20. The method of claim 9 , wherein the assessment of heart health by the expert system is a pre-assessment; and further comprising:

determining, via the expert system, one or more recommended follow-on diagnostic tests or treatments; and

communicating the one or more recommended follow-on diagnostic tests or treatments.