Rationale and study design of the REM-HF study: Remote management of heart failure using implanted devices and formalized follow-up procedures

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1039-1045

  Morgan, John M ^a,c   Dimitrov, Borislav D ^a   Gill, Jas ^b   Kitt, Sue ^c   Andre Ng, G ^d   McComb, Janet M ^e   Raftery, James ^a   Roderick, Paul ^a   Seed, Alison ^f   Williams, Simon G ^g   Witte, Klaus K ^h   Jay Wright, D ⁱ   Yao, Guiqing Lily ^a   Cowie, Martin R ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f BLACKPOOL TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^g MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ LIVERPOOL HEART AND CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^j ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Care pathways; Heart failure; Implanted devices; Randomized controlled trial; Remote monitoring

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY DEVICE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REMOTE SENSING; SURVIVAL TIME; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TELEMEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRENDS; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TELEMEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84908238463     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: 18790844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejhf.149     Document Type: Article

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