Remote Patient Monitoring in Chronic Heart Failure

Cardiology in Review

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 141-150

  Palaniswamy, Chandrasekar ^a   Mishkin, Aaron ^b   Aronow, Wilbert S ^a   Kalra, Ankur ^c,d   Frishman, William H ^a  

^a WESTCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System ^*  (United States)

^c MINNEAPOLIS HEART INSTITUTE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^d HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

heart failure; implantable hemodynamic monitors; structured telephone support; telemonitoring

Indexed keywords

DEFIBRILLATOR; HEART FAILURE; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIAC MONITOR; LEFT ATRIAL PRESSURE SENSOR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PACEMAKER; PATIENT MONITORING; PULMONARY ARTERY PRESSURE SENSOR; REVIEW; SENSOR; TELEMONITORING;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HEART FAILURE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; LEGISLATION, MEDICAL; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; REMOTE CONSULTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TELEPHONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 84876415416     PISSN: 10615377     EISSN: 15384683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CRD.0b013e318276198b     Document Type: Review

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