The follow-up of cardiac devices: What to expect for the future?

European Heart Journal, Supplement

Volumn 9, Issue I, 2007, Pages

  Stellbrink, Christoph ^a   Trappe, Hans Joachim ^b  

^a Department of Cardiology and Intensive Care Medicine   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Pacemaker; Remote monitoring; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349120440     PISSN: 1520765X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/sum071     Document Type: Article

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