Heart failure event detection and risk stratification using heart sound

Q An, Y Zhang, VA Averina, KC Beck… - US Patent App. 14 …, 2015 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND 0003 Congestive heart failure (CHF) is a major health problem and affects
over five million people in the United States alone. CHF is the loss of pumping power of the
heart, resulting in the inability to deliver enough blood to meet the demands of peripheral
tissues. CHF patients typically have enlarged heart with weakened cardiac muscles,
resulting in reduced contractility and poor cardiac output of blood. 0004 CHF is usually a
chronic condition, but can occur suddenly. It can affect the left heart, right heart or both sides …
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