DocumentCode
473714
Title
Wearable monitoring system for heart failure assessment in a mobile environment
Author
Villalba, E. ; Ottaviano, M. ; Arredondo, MT ; Martinez, A. ; Guillen, S.
Author_Institution
Life Supporting Technol. Group, Tech. Univ. of Madrid, Madrid
fYear
2006
fDate
17-20 Sept. 2006
Firstpage
237
Lastpage
240
Abstract
In Europe, cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the leading source of death, causing 45% of all deaths. Besides, heart failure, the paradigm of CVD, affects mainly people older than 65. In the current aging society, the European Union funded MyHeart Project, whose mission is empowering citizens to fight CVD by means of a preventive lifestyle and an early diagnosis. This paper presents the design and development of a Heart Failure Management System, based on daily monitoring of vitals body signals, with wearable and mobile technologies, for the continuous assessment of this chronic disease.
Keywords
cardiology; patient diagnosis; patient monitoring; Europe; Heart Failure Management System; MyHeart Project; cardiovascular diseases; heart failure assessment; wearable monitoring system; Aging; Biomedical monitoring; Cardiac disease; Cardiology; Cardiovascular diseases; Condition monitoring; Electrocardiography; Hafnium; Heart; Technology management;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Computers in Cardiology, 2006
Conference_Location
Valencia
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-2532-7
Type
conf
Filename
4511832
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