Impact of telemedical care and monitoring on morbidity in mild to moderate chronic heart failure

Cardiology

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 134-139

  Morguet, Andreas J ^a   Kühnelt, Paul ^a   Kallel, Antje ^a   Jaster, Markus ^a   Schultheiss, Heinz Peter ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Hospitalization; Monitoring; Morbidity; Mortality; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN 1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIGITALIS; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; NITRATE; PHENPROCOUMON; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL SERVICE; MONITORING; MORBIDITY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TELEMEDICINE;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PILOT PROJECTS; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STROKE VOLUME; SURVIVAL RATE; TELEMEDICINE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 50849112700     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000119701     Document Type: Article

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