First multi-centre evaluation of a knowledge-based implant-assistant for implantable cardioverter-defibrillators

Europace

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 161-167

  Diem, Bjoern Henrik ^a,b   Lang, Volker ^c   Sinha, Anil Martin ^a   Mlynski, Michael ^d   Stellbrink, Christoph ^a,e   Ameling, Walter ^d   Hanrath, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b Biotronik GmbH and Co KG   (Germany)

^c MSEI   (United States)

^d CWA GmbH   (Germany)

^e OWL University   (Germany)

Author keywords

Education; Expert system; Implant assistant; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Knowledge based system

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSISTANT; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RATING SCALE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; EVALUATION; EXPERT SYSTEM; KNOWLEDGE BASE;

DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; EXPERT SYSTEMS; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE BASES;

EID: 33646824697     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euj028     Document Type: Article

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