Hi-tech vest may help keep heart failure patients out of hospital

(MediaSource) About 5.7 million adults in the US suffer from heart failure, and because of a dangerous buildup of fluid in their lungs, more than half of those patients end up back in the hospital within six months. But researchers say a high-tech vest can help doctors monitor a heart patient's symptoms remotely, which may prevent the need for rehospitalization.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news