Home-based telesurveillance program in chronic heart failure: Effects on clinical status and implications for 1-year prognosis

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 605-612

  Giordano, Amerigo ^a   Scalvini, Simonetta ^a   Paganoni, Anna Maria ^b   Baraldo, Stefano ^b   Frigerio, Maria ^c   Vittori, Claudia ^c   Borghi, Gabriella ^d   Marzegalli, Maurizio ^e   Agostoni, Ornella ^e  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^d and Industrial Labs Partnership   (Italy)

^e SAN CARLO BORROMEO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Functional status; Heart failure; Home telemanagement; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; DEFIBRILLATORS; DIAGNOSIS; HEART; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATORS; PATIENT TREATMENT;

CHRONIC HEART FAILURES; CLINICAL RESPONSE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH-CARE SYSTEM; HEART FAILURE; LEFT VENTRICULAR EJECTION FRACTION; PROGNOSIS; TELE-MANAGEMENT;

TELEMEDICINE;

AGED; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REMOTE SENSING; TELEMEDICINE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF LIFE; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84899782909     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2012.0250     Document Type: Article

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