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The tech doctors forecasting heart failure

Monitoring devices implanted in a person鈥檚 chest are helping doctors predict if something is about to go wrong with a patient鈥檚 heart. Sometimes they can tell a month in advance.

Monitoring devices implanted in a person鈥檚 chest are helping doctors predict if something is about to go wrong with a patient鈥檚 heart. Sometimes they can tell a month in advance. It鈥檚 allowing cardiologists to adjust treatment and prevent problems before they occur.

Produced and presented by Nick Holland.

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