Personalized Health Systems for Cardiovascular Disease provides an integrated view of the problems related to p-health systems and is intended for researchers, developers, and designers in the field, with a focus on management of cardiovascular diseases. Biomedical engineers, physicians, and other professionals who operate in the health domain will benefit from the coverage of sensors, data transmission, signal processing, data analysis, home and mobile applications, and standards. Graduate and medical students will find a complete view of the manifold aspects of p-health, including technical problems with sensors and software, automatic evaluation, correct data interpretation, and legal and regulatory considerations.

This book focuses on the development of technology used by people and patients in the management of their own health. New wearable and implantable devices allow continuous monitoring of chronic patients, with direct involvement of clinical centers and physicians. Also healthy people are more and more interested in keeping their own wellness under control, by adopting healthy lifestyles and identifying any early sign of risk. This is leading to personalized solutions via systems that are tailored to a specific patient's needs. However, many questions are still open when it comes to p-health systems: Which sensors and parameters should be used? Which software and analysis? When and how? How do you design an effective management plan for chronic pathologies such as cardiovascular diseases? What is useful feedback for the patient or for the clinician? And finally, what are the limits of this approach? What is the view of physicians?