Telecardiology applied to a region-wide public emergency health-care service

Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 23-30

  Brunetti, Natale Daniele ^a   Amodio, Gianfranco ^b   De Gennaro, Luisa ^a   Dellegrottaglie, Giulia ^c   Pellegrino, Pier Luigi ^a   Biase, Matteo ^a   Antonelli, Gianfranco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^b POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^c Cardio on line Europe Srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

Emergencies; Public health care; Telecardiology

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FIBRINOLYSIS; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; MOBILE PHONE; PAROXYSMAL SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TELECARDIOLOGY; TELECONSULTATION; THORAX PAIN;

CARDIOLOGY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HEART DISEASES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; ITALY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 67449102686     PISSN: 09295305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11239-008-0241-y     Document Type: Article

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