Sensitivity and positive predictive value of implantable intrathoracic impedance monitoring as a predictor of heart failure hospitalizations: The SENSE-HF trial

European Heart Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 2266-2273

  Conraads, Viviane M ^a   Tavazzi, Luigi ^b   Santini, Massimo ^c   Oliva, Fabrizio ^d   Gerritse, Bart ^e   Yu, Cheuk Man ^f   Cowie, Martin R ^g  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b MARIA CECILIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c SAN FILIPPO NERI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^e MEDTRONIC BAKKEN RESEARCH CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^g NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioelectrical impedance monitoring; Chronic heart failure (HF); Decompensation; Diagnosis; Hospitalization

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATOR; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; IMPLANTATION; LUNG CONGESTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT MONITORING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOM; TECHNOLOGY;

AGED; CARDIOGRAPHY, IMPEDANCE; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 80052019152     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehr050     Document Type: Article

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