A method for monitoring a heart of a patient, the includes receiving signals indicative of cardiac activity of the patient during a monitoring period； andprocessing the signals and providing monitoring results in response to a result of the processing； wherein the monitoring results comprise information indicative of: (a) the heart rate of the patient during the monitoring period； (b) at least one first time period in which the heart rate of the patient exceeds a first threshold； and (c) at least one second time period in which the heart rate of the patient exceeds both the first threshold and a second threshold
