A prospective comparison of remote monitoring systems in implantable cardiac defibrillators: potential effects of frequency of transmissions

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 81-90

  de Ruvo, Ermenegildo ^a   Sciarra, Luigi ^a   Martino, Anna Maria ^a   Rebecchi, Marco ^a   Iulianella, Renzo Venanzio ^a   Sebastiani, Francesco ^a   Fagagnini, Alessandro ^a   Borrelli, Alessio ^a   Scarà, Antonio ^a   Grieco, Domenico ^a   Tota, Claudia ^a   Stirpe, Federica ^a   Calò, Leonardo ^a  

^a ASL Roma B   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adverse events; Complication; Implantable cardiac electronic devices; Remote monitoring; Remote transmissions; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEVICE MAINTENANCE; EVENT FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONITOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REMOTE MONITORING SYSTEM; REMOTE SENSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ALARM MONITOR; AMBULATORY ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ITALY; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TELECONSULTATION;

AGED; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CLINICAL ALARMS; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REMOTE CONSULTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84957433069     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: 15728595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-015-0067-4     Document Type: Article

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