Follow-up of CRT-ICD: Implications for the use of remote follow-up systems. Data from the InSync ICD Italian registry

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 38-46

  Lunati, Maurizio ^a   Gasparini, Maurizio ^b   Santini, Massimo ^c   Landolina, Maurizio ^d   Perego, Giovanni B ^e   Pappone, Carlo ^f   Marzegalli, Maurizio ^g   Argiolas, Carlo ^h   Murthy, Anant ⁱ   Valsecchi, Sergio ^h  

^a OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^b HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^c SAN FILIPPO NERI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^e ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^f SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g SAN CARLO BORROMEO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^h Medtronic Italia   (Italy)

ⁱ Medtronic Swiss ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Defibrillators; Follow up; Home monitoring

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOVERSION; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REGISTER; REMOTE SENSING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DATA COLLECTION; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ITALY; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 37549060369     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2007.00923.x     Document Type: Article

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