Telecardiology

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 498-503

  Birati, Edo Y ^a   Roth, Arie ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b SHL Telemedicine International LTD   (Israel)

Author keywords

Arrhythmias; Health costs; Heart failure; Myocardial infarction; Telecardiology

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART ARREST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISRAEL; MOBILE PHONE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SUDDEN DEAFNESS; SUDDEN DEATH; SURVIVAL RATE; TELECARDIOLOGY; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEMETRY;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CARDIOLOGY; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; TELEMEDICINE; TELEMETRY;

EID: 80052552664     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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