A brief history of remote cardiac monitoring

Cardiac Electrophysiology Clinics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 275-282

  Kalahasty, Gautham ^a   Alimohammad, Rizwan ^a   Mahajan, Rahul ^a   Morjaria, Sejal ^b   Ellenbogen, Kenneth A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VCUHS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac rhythm; Holter monitor; Intermittent recorders; Remote monitoring; Transtelephonic monitoring

Indexed keywords

DEVICE SAFETY; HEART RHYTHM; HOLTER MONITOR; HUMAN; IMPLANTED CARDIAC MONITOR; MONITORING; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMOTE MONITORING; REVIEW; VALIDITY;

EID: 84882914994     PISSN: 18779182     EISSN: 18779190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccep.2013.06.002     Document Type: Review

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