World Heart Day: How Effective And Safe Are The Gadgets Used To Monitor Heart Health? Know What Experts Say

Wearable devices can be commercial as well as non-commercial. Some of the commonly used commercial wearables include smart wristbands, smartwatches, smart eyewear, fitness tracker and smart patches.

Wearable technology is an effective strategy to mitigate the burden of cardiovascular diseases because these devices can be used to monitor the biomedical variables of a patient during daily activities. However, one must not completely rely on them, experts say.

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World Heart Day: In the era of technological advances, people can monitor their heart health with a simple click. Wearable technology is an effective strategy to mitigate the burden of cardiovascular diseases because these devices can be used to monitor the biomedical variables of a patient during daily activities. The size of wearable devices has been reduced, their accuracy of sensing biomedical variables improved, and their energy consumption reduced. Another factor which the manufacturers of