Remote monitoring of heart failure patients using implantable cardiac pacing devices and external sensors: Results of the Insight-HF study

Clinical Research in Cardiology

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 101-107

  Lieback, Ann ^a   Proff, Jochen ^b   Wessel, Kai ^b   Fleck, Eckart ^a   Götze, Stephan ^a  

^a DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Biotronik SE and Co KG ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Heart failure hospitalisation; Home Monitoring; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Implanted device remote monitoring; Telemonitoring; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE; HOME MONITORING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SELF MONITORING; TELEMONITORING; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ACTIGRAPHY; AGED; ALGORITHMS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY DEVICES; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TELEMETRY; TIME FACTORS; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 84860834212     PISSN: 18610684     EISSN: 18610692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00392-011-0369-1     Document Type: Article

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