A review on remote monitoring technology applied to implantable electronic cardiovascular devices

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1042-1050

  Costa, Paulo Dias ^a,b   Rodrigues, Pedro Pereira ^a,c   Reis, António Hipólito ^b   Costa Pereira, Altamiro ^a  

^a University of Porto   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL DE SANTO ANTÓNIO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

artificial pacemaker; cardioverter defibrillator; implantable electronic cardiovascular devices; remote monitoring

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL PACEMAKER; BROAD SPECTRUM; CARDIAC DEATH; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DEVICES; CARDIOVERTER-DEFIBRILLATOR; CLINICAL ISSUES; CURRENT TECHNOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC POTENTIAL; ECONOMIC ISSUES; HEALTH-CARE SYSTEM; PATIENT SAFETY; REMOTE MONITOR; REMOTE MONITORING; SELECTION PROCESS; THREE-STEP APPROACH; TIME SAVINGS;

DEFIBRILLATORS; EQUIPMENT; REMOTE CONTROL;

MONITORING;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DEFIBRILLATOR; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; REVIEW; TELEMETRY;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; HUMANS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; TELEMETRY;

EID: 78650788195     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2010.0082     Document Type: Article

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