Tag: Heart disease
University of Arizona Researchers Develop Inexpensive Blood Pressure Monitoring System Using Pulse Wave Velocity
About 75 million American adults (32 percent) have high blood pressure. Among these individuals, only half have their blood pressure under control. Therefore, an...
Cardiologists Use Augmented Reality to Plan and Perform Complex Procedures
Researchers at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) in Boston, have been investigating the use of Augmented Reality (AR) headsets for visualizing myocardial...
Doctors Use HoloLens to Investigate Heart Scars in High Resolution Before Surgery
During ablations and electrophysiology studies, the surgeon must have a clear idea about where scars and other relevant items are within the heart. Normally,...
Washington University Researchers Use Glucose as Power Source for Medical Implants
Popular health wearables such as smartwatches or implanted medical devices and patches typically require batteries which need to be recharged. Now, researchers at Washington...
Wearable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Does Not Prevent Sudden Death After Myocardial Infarctions
Patients with myocardial infarction may get some benefit from wearing a cardioverter-defibrillator in the month after a heart attack, but it does not reduce...
This Wearable Stick-On Ultrasound Patch Can Measure Blood Pressure Deep Inside Body
Scientists at the University of California San Diego created a new wearable ultrasound patch that non-invasively monitors blood pressure in arteries deep beneath the...