Wireless Heart Monitor Fine-Tunes Cardiac-Failure Treatment

Thursday, February 10, 2011 - 18:00 in Health & Medicine

A new pressure-sensing technology is helping doctors to read some of the innermost secrets of the heart. This cardiac monitor uses electromechanical dynamics to detect crucial pressure levels in a patient's pulmonary artery and relay those readings to physicians wirelessly, obviating clunky moving parts or external power sources . [More]

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