Fingertip Monitor Measures Heart Disease Risk (IMAGE)

University of Houston

Fingertip Monitor Measures Heart Disease Risk

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VENDYS, a device mechanical engineering professors Stanley Kleis and Ralph Metcalfe helped develop, is allowing doctors to monitor how changes in blood flow affect finger temperature to measure an individual’s risk for cardiovascular disease.

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Thomas Shea

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