Responsibility in the remote management of patients with heart failure;La responsabilità nel controllo a distanza del paziente con scompenso cardiaco

Giornale Italiano di Cardiologia

Volumn 11, Issue 10 SUPPL.1, 2010, Pages

  Riganti, Carla ^a   Santomauro, Maurizio ^b   Duilio, Carlo ^b   Di Mauro, Paolo ^b   Iapicca, Gennaro ^b   Auricchio, Luca ^c   Pecci, Francesco ^d   Zamparelli, Bruno ^d   Filardi, Pasquale Perrone ^b  

^a FEDERICO II UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c Boston Scientific   (Italy)

^d Regione Campania   (Italy)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Medical liability; Remote patient management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LEGAL LIABILITY; TELEMEDICINE; TELEMETRY;

HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; LIABILITY, LEGAL; TELEMEDICINE; TELEMETRY;

EID: 79955700914     PISSN: 18276806     EISSN: 19726481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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