Wearable Cardiac Event Monitoring

It seems like the most obvious thing in the world: Generating more data about how your heart is working must be good, right? - Lola Fadulu & Alexis C. Madrigal

Wearable Cardiac Event Monitoring
Wearable Cardiac Event Monitoring

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