Feasibility evaluation of a remote monitoring system for implantable cardiac devices in Japan: A prospective analysis

International Heart Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-43

  Ando, Kenji ^a   Koyama, Junjiroh ^b   Abe, Yoshihisa ^c   Sato, Toshiaki ^d   Shoda, Morio ^e   Soga, Yoshimitsu ^a   Nobuyoshi, Masakiyo ^a   Honda, Toshihiro ^b   Nakao, Koichi ^b   Terata, Ken ^c   Kadowaki, Ken ^c   Maeda, Akiko ^d   Ogawa, Satoshi ^d   Manaka, Tetsuyuki ^e   Hagiwara, Nobuhisa ^e   Doi, Kentaro ^f  

^a KOKURA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b SAISEIKAI KUMAMOTO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

^d KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f Medtronic Japan   (Japan)

Author keywords

Device follow up; Feasibility study; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR EQUIPMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; JAPAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MONITOR; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TELECONSULTATION; TELEMONITORING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REMOTE CONSULTATION; TELEMETRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79951501576     PISSN: 13492365     EISSN: 13493299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1536/ihj.52.39     Document Type: Article

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