Automatic remote monitoring: Milestones reached, paths to pave

Europace

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL.1, 2013, Pages

  Varma, Niraj ^a   Brugada, Pedro ^b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

CIEDs; Follow up; Monitoring; Remote monitoring

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY DEVICE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HOME MONITORING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CARE;

CIEDS; FOLLOW-UP; MONITORING; REMOTE MONITORING;

DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FORECASTING; HEART DISEASES; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84878917851     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eut118     Document Type: Article

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