Clinical Benefits of Remote Versus Transtelephonic Monitoring of Implanted Pacemakers

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 54, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 2012-2019

  Crossley, George H ^a   Chen, Jane ^b   Choucair, Wassim ^c   Cohen, Todd J ^d   Gohn, Douglas C ^e   Johnson, W Ben ^f   Kennedy, Eleanor E ^g   Mongeon, Luc R ^h   Serwer, Gerald A ⁱ   Qiao, Hongyan ^h   Wilkoff, Bruce L ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Cardiology Associates of Corpus Christi   (United States)

^d WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e The Heart Group   (United States)

^f IOWA HEART CENTER   (United States)

^g Arkansas Cardiology Clinic   (United States)

^h MEDTRONIC INC   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^j LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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Author keywords

follow up; pacemaker; remote follow up

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART BLOCK; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMOTE MONITORING; SAMPLE SIZE; SINUS ARREST; SINUS NODE DYSFUNCTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TELEMONITORING; TRANSTELEPHONIC MONITORING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; OFFICE VISITS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TELEMETRY; TELEPHONE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 71849093450     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2009.10.001     Document Type: Article

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