Heart Failure
Heart failure remains the leading cause of mortality in the United States, accounting for roughly 14% of all-cause mortality. According to the CDC, there are over 6.7 million patients currently diagnosed of heart failure with a 5-year mortality of about 50%. On patient care, patients are asked to self-monitor a few highly non-specific and highly generic symptoms such as fatigue, heart palpitation or feelings of heart racing, loss of appetite and nausea, shortness of breath, and swelling and fluid build up in lower legs. Considering that heart failure is a chronic disease with 5-year mortality of 50%, current patient monitoring strategies are primitive.