Patient satisfaction and suggestions for improvement of remote ICD monitoring

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 317-324

  Petersen, Helen Høgh ^a   Larsen, Mie Christa Jensen ^a   Nielsen, Olav Wendelboe ^b   Kensing, Finn ^b   Svendsen, Jesper Hastrup ^a,c,d  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d DANISH NATIONAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Patient acceptance; Remote monitoring; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; AGED; ALARM MONITORING; ARTICLE; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CARDIAC PATIENT; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DEFIBRILLATOR; E-MAIL; ELECTRIC BATTERY; ELECTRIC SHOCK; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LONG QT SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REMOTE SENSING; TEXT MESSAGING;

CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DENMARK; FEMALE; GREENLAND; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; REMOTE CONSULTATION;

EID: 84864722237     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: 15728595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-012-9675-4     Document Type: Article

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