Early detection of adverse events with daily remote monitoring versus quarterly standard follow-up program in patients with CRT-D

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 208-216

  De Ruvo, Ermenegildo ^a   Gargaro, Alessio ^b   Sciarra, Luigi ^a   De Luca, Lucia ^a   Zuccaro, Lorenzo Maria ^a   Stirpe, Federica ^a   Rebecchi, Marco ^a   Sette, Antonella ^a   Lioy, Ernesto ^a   Calò, Leonardo ^a  

^a UOC Cardiologia   (Italy)

^b Biotronik Italia Srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

CRT; heart failure; ICD; remote monitoring; telemedicine

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY REMOTE MONITORING; DEATH; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE INFECTION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MALE; MONITORING; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PACEMAKER FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE;

AGED; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TELEMEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79951506089     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2010.02932.x     Document Type: Article

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