Sophisticated remote implantable cardioverter-defibrillator follow-up: A status report

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 235-240

  Schoenfeld, Mark H ^a   Reynolds, Dwight W ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AMBULATORY MONITORING; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA ANALYSIS; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE INFECTION; ELECTRIC BATTERY; FOLLOW UP; HOME MONITORING; HUMAN; INTERNET; ONLINE ANALYSIS; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIVACY; REMOTE SENSING; REVIEW; SIGNAL DETECTION; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEPHONE;

DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; TELEMEDICINE; TELEMETRY;

EID: 15344342129     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2005.09554.x     Document Type: Review

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