Remote Monitoring Reduces Healthcare Use and Improves Quality of Care in Heart Failure Patients With Implantable Defibrillators | Zendy

Maurizio Landolina | Zendy; Giovanni Battista Perego | Zendy; Maurizio Lunati | Zendy; Antonio Curnis | Zendy; Giuseppe Guenzati | Zendy; Alessandro Vicentini | Zendy; Gianfranco Parati | Zendy; Gabriella Borghi | Zendy; Paolo Zanaboni | Zendy; Sergio Valsecchi | Zendy; Maurizio Marzegalli | Zendy

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Remote Monitoring Reduces Healthcare Use and Improves Quality of Care in Heart Failure Patients With Implantable Defibrillators

Author(s) -

Maurizio Landolina,

Giovanni Battista Perego,

Maurizio Lunati,

Antonio Curnis,

Giuseppe Guenzati,

Alessandro Vicentini,

Gianfranco Parati,

Gabriella Borghi,

Paolo Zanaboni,

Sergio Valsecchi,

Maurizio Marzegalli

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

circulation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795

H-Index - 607

eISSN - 1524-4539

pISSN - 0009-7322

DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.111.088971

Subject(s) - medicine , heart failure , emergency department , emergency medicine , health care , medical emergency , randomized controlled trial , quality of life (healthcare) , clinical endpoint , incidence (geometry) , implantable cardioverter defibrillator , physics , nursing , psychiatry , optics , economics , economic growth

Heart failure patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) or an ICD for resynchronization therapy often visit the hospital for unscheduled examinations, placing a great burden on healthcare providers. We hypothesized that Internet-based remote interrogation systems could reduce emergency healthcare visits.

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