Systems and methods for determining whether there is a correlation between
arrhythmias and myocardial ischemic episodes are provided. An implantable
system (e.g., a monitor, pacemaker or ICD) is used to monitor for
arrhythmias and to monitor for myocardial ischemic episodes. When such
events are detected by the implantable system, the implantable system
stores (e.g., in its memory) data indicative of the detected arrhythmias
and data indicative of the detected myocardial ischemic episodes. Then,
for each detected arrhythmia, a determination is made based on the data,
whether there was a myocardial ischemic episode detected within a
specified temporal proximity of (e.g., within a specified amount of time
of) the arrhythmia. Where a myocardial ischemic episode occurred within
the specified temporal proximity of an arrhythmia, data for the two
events can be linked. Additionally, when a log of arrhythmias is
displayed, for each arrhythmia there is an indication of whether a
myocardial ischemic episode was detected within the specified temporal
proximity of the arrhythmia. This abstract is not intended to be a
complete description of, or limit the scope of, the invention.