A remote monitoring system for patients with implantable ventricular assist devices with a personal handy phone system

ASAIO Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 194-198

  Okamoto, Eiji ^a,b   Shimanaka, Mizuki ^a   Suzuki, Shinya ^a   Baba, Kazuhiro ^a   Mitamura, Yoshinori ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL EQUIPMENT; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); MOBILE COMPUTING; PATIENT MONITORING; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

IMPLANTABLE VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICES; PERSONAL HANDY PHONE SYSTEM; REMOTE MONITORING SYSTEM;

PACEMAKERS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; PATIENT MONITORING; REMOTE SENSING; TELEPHONE;

EID: 0032763407     PISSN: 10582916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002480-199905000-00017     Document Type: Article

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