The monitoring resynchronization dEvices and CARdiac patiEnts (MORE-CARE) randomized controlled trial: Phase 1 results on dynamics of early intervention with remote monitoring

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Boriani, Giuseppe ^a   Da Costa, Antoine ^b   Ricci, Renato Pietro ^c   Quesada, Aurelio ^d   Favale, Stefano ^e   Iacopino, Saverio ^f   Romeo, Francesco ^g   Risi, Arnaldo ^h   Stefano, Lorenza Mangoni Di S ^h   Navarro, Xavier ⁱ   Biffi, Mauro ^a   Santini, Massimo ^c   Burri, Haran ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SAINT ETIENNE   (France)

^c SAN FILIPPO NERI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALENCIA   (Spain)

^e POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^f Anthea Hospital   (Italy)

^g TOR VERGATA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^h Medtronic Italia   (Italy)

ⁱ SA   (Spain)

^j GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

Alerts; Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Heart failure; Remote monitoring; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ALERTS; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONICS; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REMOTE SENSING; TELEMEDICINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; PROCEDURES;

ALERTS; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; HEART FAILURE; REMOTE MONITORING; TELEMEDICINE;

ELECTRONICS; HUMANS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84883367441     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.2608     Document Type: Article

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