Predicting mortality and rehospitalization in heart failure patients with Home Monitoring - The Home CARE pilot study

Clinical Research in Cardiology

Volumn 95, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2006, Pages

  Ellery, S ^a   Pakrashi, T ^a   Paul, V ^a   Sack, S ^b  

^a ST PETER S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Heart failure monitor; Home CARE pilot study; Home Monitoring; Multidisciplinary teams; Telemonitoring

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HOME MONITORING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICIAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ARRHYTHMIA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL TRIALS; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT READMISSION; PILOT PROJECTS; TELEMETRY;

EID: 33645394387     PISSN: 18610684     EISSN: 18610692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00392-006-1306-6     Document Type: Article

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