A randomized trial of home telemonitoring in a typical elderly heart failure population in North West London: Results of the Home-HF study

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 319-325

  Dar, Owais ^a,b   Riley, Jillian ^a,b   Chapman, Callum ^c   Dubrey, Simon W ^d   Morris, Stephen ^e   Rosen, Stuart D ^a,f   Roughton, Michael ^b   Cowie, Martin R ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c West Middx Univ Hospital NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

^d Hillingdon Hospital NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

^e BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f EALING HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disease management; Heart failure; Telemonitoring

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART FAILURE; HOME MONITORING; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; TELEMONITORING; UNITED KINGDOM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HOME CARE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OUTPATIENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TELEMETRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TELEMETRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 65549124622     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: 18790844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurjhf/hfn050     Document Type: Article

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