Terminated Wearable Cardiac Monitoring Trial: Lessons from SimpleSense Validation Study for Right Heart Catheterisation
247 Health News Editorial
·12 Apr 2026
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·clinical-trialsThe SimpleSense wearable cardiac monitoring validation trial was terminated early with only 13 participants enrolled. This study aimed to validate algorithms for non-invasive cardiac output and pulmonary pressure estimation against right heart catheterisation.
Originally reported by ClinicalTrials.gov
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