Remote monitoring of implantable cardioverter defibrillators: A prospective analysis

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 27, Issue 6 PART I, 2004, Pages 757-763

  Schoenfeld, Mark H ^a   Compton, Steven J ^b   Mead, R Hardwin ^c   Weiss, Daniel N ^d   Sherfesee, Lou ^e   Englund, Jennifer ^e   Mongeon, Luc R ^e  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Alaska Heart Institute   (United States)

^c SEQUOIA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Florida Arrhythmia Consultants   (United States)

^e MEDTRONIC INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Device follow up; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Remote follow up

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; COMPUTER; DATA ANALYSIS; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE; ELECTROGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RHYTHM; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MONITORING; PATIENT MONITORING; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 2942608910     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2004.00524.x     Document Type: Review

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