Airmed-cardio: A GSM and internet services-based system for out-of-hospital follow-up of cardiac patients

IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 73-85

  Salvador, Carlos H ^a   Pascual Carrasco, Mario ^a   González de Mingo, Miguel A ^a   Muñoz Carrero, Adolfo ^a   Márquez Montes, Joaquin ^a   Sosa Martín, Luis ^b   Cavero, Miguel A ^a   Fernández Lozano, Ignacio ^a   Monteagudo, José Luis ^c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PUERTA DE HIERRO   (Spain)

^b Hospital El Escorial de Madrid   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Electrocardiogram (ECG); Global system for mobile communication (GSM); Short message service (SMS); Telecardiology; Wireless application protocol (WAP); World wide web (WWW)

Indexed keywords

DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITALS; INTERNET; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; PATIENT MONITORING; TELEMEDICINE; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE (SMS); TELECARDIOLOGY; WIRELESS APPLICATION PROTOCOL (WAP);

CARDIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERNET; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; MOBILE PHONE; PILOT STUDY; TELEMEDICINE;

CELLULAR PHONE; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INTERNET; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; PILOT PROJECTS; TELEMEDICINE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 15544373629     PISSN: 10897771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TITB.2004.840067     Document Type: Article

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