A CHF management system is provided comprising a wearable textile-based harness and a signal acquisition unit. The harness includes an elastic horizontal band and an elastic vertical band the horizontal band wraps proximate to a body portion around the thoracic cage region the horizontal band passing over the xyphoid process and thoracic cage between 5th and 6th ribs positions the vertical band wrapping over the shoulder passing between shoulder muscle and deltoid muscle wherein the vertical band and horizontal band connected in front at the xyphoid process location and at the back on either side of the back-center a first plurality of sensors located along a first vector extending along the vertical band on a front side of the harness a second plurality of sensors located along a second vector extending along the horizontal band on the front side of the harness wherein upon wearing the textile-based harness, the first and second plurality of sensors are placed in contact with skin of wearer.
