Mechanocardiography-Based Measurement System Indicating Changes in Heart Failure Patients during Hospital Admission and Discharge.

Tero Koivisto¹, Olli Lahdenoja¹, Tero Hurnanen¹, Juho Koskinen¹, Kamal Jafarian², Tuija Vasankari³, Samuli Jaakkola³, Tuomas O Kiviniemi³, K E Juhani Airaksinen³

¹Department of Computing, University of Turku, 20500 Turku, Finland.

²CardioSignal Inc., 20100 Turku, Finland.

³Heart Center, Turku University Hospital, University of Turku, 20520 Turku, Finland.

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Abstract

Heart failure (HF) is a disease related to impaired performance of the heart and is a significant cause of mortality and treatment costs in the world. During its progression, HF causes worsening (decompensation) periods which generally require hospital care. In order to reduce the suffering of the patients and the treatment cost, avoiding unnecessary hospital visits is essential, as hospitalizatio…

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