Potential role of remote monitoring for scheduled and unscheduled evaluations of patients with an implantable defibrillator

Europace

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 351-357

  Heidbüchel, Hein ^a   Lioen, Pieter ^a   Foulon, Stefaan ^a   Huybrechts, Wim ^a   Ector, Joris ^a   Willems, Rik ^a   Ector, Hugo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Implantable defibrillators; Pacemaker; Remote visit; Telemedicine; Telemetry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; OFFICE VISITS; REMOTE CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 44649119926     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eun010     Document Type: Article

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