Impact of remote telemedical management on mortality and hospitalizations in ambulatory patients with chronic heart failure: The telemedical interventional monitoring in heart failure study

Circulation

Volumn 123, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 1873-1880

  Koehler, Friedrich ^a   Winkler, Sebastian ^a   Schieber, Michael ^b   Sechtem, Udo ^b   Stangl, Karl ^a   Böhm, Michael ^b   Boll, Herbert ^d   Baumann, Gert ^a   Honold, Marcus ^c   Koehler, Kerstin ^a   Gelbrich, Goetz ^e   Kirwan, Bridget Anne ^f   Anker, Stefan D ^a,g  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b ROBERT BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^c SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d ROBERT BOSCH GMBH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^f SOCAR RESEARCH SA   (Switzerland)

^g IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

Author keywords

heart failure; hospitalization; managed care programs; mortality; telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; ALLOPURINOL; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIGITALIS GLYCOSIDE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; INSULIN; NITRATE; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY WEIGHT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMOTE TELEMEDICAL MANAGEMENT; TELEMEDICINE; TELEMONITORING;

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF LIFE; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 79955618010     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.111.018473     Document Type: Article

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