Remote follow-up of pacemakers in a selected population of debilitated elderly patients

Europace

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 382-387

  Folino, Antonio Franco ^a   Breda, Roberto ^b   Calzavara, Patrizia ^b   Borghetti, Francesca ^c   Comisso, Jennifer ^c   Iliceto, Sabino ^a   Buja, Gianfranco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Local Social Sanitary Unit   (Italy)

^c Medtronic Italia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Costs analysis; Elderly; Follow up; Pacemaker; Remote monitoring

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; COST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE; PACEMAKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMOTE MONITORING DEVICE; TELEMEDICINE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COST SAVINGS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TELEMEDICINE; TELEMETRY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84874441697     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eus351     Document Type: Article

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