Can smartphones identify patients with Heart Failure?

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Introduction

The most common reason for hospitalization in those over 65 is heart failure (HF). Finding non-invasive ways to identify HF might help stop the HF pandemic. Recently, seismocardiography — a technique that monitors cardiac vibrations conveyed to the
chest wall—has become a potential tool for the detection of heart failure.

Results

Smartphone-based assessment of cardiac function using seismocardiography is feasible and differentiates patients with HF from control subjects with high diagnostic accuracy. (Recognition of Heart Failure With Micro Electro-mechanical Sensors FI; NCT04444583; Recognition of Heart Failure With Micro Electro-mechanical Sensors [NCT04378179]; Detection of Coronary Artery Disease With Micro Electro-mechanical Sensors; NCT04290091)

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