title: MyHeart: fighting cardiovascular disease by preventive lifestyle and early diagnosis.
abstract: MyHeart is an integrated project of the 6th framework programme for research and development of the European Commission under Philips Research Aachen leadership for fighting Cardiovascular Diseases (CVD) by prevention and early diagnosis. The major goal of the project is to create business options using smart electronic systems and appropriate services that empower the users to take control of their own health status. MyHeart addresses a wide variety of applications in the cardiovascular disease space and intends to develop lifelong solutions for healthy people, at risk population as well for chronically ill patients.
authors.affiliation: Philips Research Laboratories, Weishausstrasse 2, 52066 Aachen, Germany.
authors.forename: Josef
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lauter
mesh_terms: D020811:Biomedical Technology / Q000379:methods; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003020:Clothing; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008491:Medical Informatics Applications; D018670:Monitoring, Ambulatory / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000379:methods