At around 11 a.m. last December 30, from his office in Oklahoma City, an inventor named David Albert uploaded a webcam video in which he demonstrated how to obtain an electrocardiogram with an iPhone.
Opening his shirt and white lab coat, he placed the phone against his chest. "Now you will see a very clean ECG," Albert explained, as a heart rhythm pulsed across the screen. "I am detecting and storing, wirelessly transmitting, and storing locally in real time. It's being analyzed, beats are being identified."
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Author: ANTONIO REGALADO