Centenary of tele-electrocardiography and telephonocardiography - Where are we today?

Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 325-330

  Scalvini, Simonetta ^a,b   Glisenti, Fulvio ^a,b  

^a Sviluppo e Sperimentazione di Sistemi di Telemedicina ^*  (Italy)

^b IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY CARE UNIT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; TELEMEDICINE;

AGED; CARDIOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 31544439873     PISSN: 1357633X     EISSN: 1357633X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/135763305774472051     Document Type: Article

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