Home telemonitoring of vital signs and cardiorespiratory signals in heart failure patients: System architecture and feasibility of the HHH model

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 371-379

  Pinna, Gian Domenico ^a   Maestri, Roberto ^a   Andrews, David ^b   Witkowski, Tomasz ^c   Capomolla, Soccorso ^a   Scanferlato, Jose Luis ^d   Gobbi, Elena ^a   Ferrari, Marina ^a   Ponikowski, Piotr ^c   Sleight, Peter ^e   Mortara, Andrea ^f   Johnson, Paul ^b  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c MILITARY HOSPITAL   (Poland)

^d Appel Elettronica   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f Policlinic of Monza ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Breathing disorders; Chronic heart failure; Home telemonitoring

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HOME MONITORING; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CARE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; TELEMONITORING; TELEPHONE; UNITED KINGDOM; VITAL SIGN;

AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; BODY WEIGHT; DYSPNEA; EDEMA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EUROPE; FATIGUE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART RATE; HOME CARE SERVICES, HOSPITAL-BASED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; RESPIRATION; STROKE VOLUME; SYSTOLE; TELEMETRY;

EID: 34447527118     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.10.029     Document Type: Article

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