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URMC, RIT Receive Grant for Video Monitoring Afib Detection

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With a $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), scientists from the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) and Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) will enroll up to 300 people at risk for atrial fibrillation (afib) to test a new tablet-based video monitoring technology. The researchers’ goal is to create an inexpensive, easy-to-use detection system that can alert health care providers of the onset of afib, allowing for early treatment. Afib is an irregular heartbeat that can lead to blood clots, stroke and heart failure. Because the likelihood of...Read full article

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    Published: October 2017
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    Referring to the bandwidth and spectrum location of the signal produced by television or radar scanning.
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