Novel technical solutions for wireless ECG transmission & analysis in the age of the internet cloud

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 540-545

  Al Zaiti, Salah S ^a   Shusterman, Vladimir ^b,c   Carey, Mary G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c PinMed Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Electrocardiogram; Prehospital; ST elevation myocardial infarction; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CARDIOLOGIST; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERNET CLOUD; MOBILE PHONE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TELECARDIOLOGY; TELECONSULTATION; TELEPHONE; THORAX PAIN; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; PREHOSPITAL; ST-ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TELEMEDICINE;

EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INTERNET; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84886951825     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: 15328430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2013.07.002     Document Type: Article

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