Current and future technologies for remote monitoring in cardiology and evidence from trial data

Future Cardiology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 425-437

  Acosta Lobos, Andres ^a   Riley, Jillian P ^b   Cowie, Martin R ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

e health; remote monitoring; telemonitoring

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; NITRATE;

ARGENTINA; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOLOGIST; CARDIOLOGY; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COGNITION; COUGHING; DEFIBRILLATOR; DRY WEIGHT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FATIGUE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM PRESSURE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART RHYTHM; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LEFT VENTRICULAR SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SELF MONITORING; TELEMONITORING; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; REMOTE CONSULTATION;

EID: 84861737975     PISSN: 14796678     EISSN: 17448298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/fca.12.7     Document Type: Review

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