Impact of remote telemedical management on mortality and hospitalizations in ambulatory patients with chronic heart failure: the telemedical interventional monitoring in heart failure study.

Authors
Koehler, Friedrich
Winkler, Sebastian
Schieber, Michael
Sechtem, Udo
Stangl, Karl
Böhm, Michael
Boll, Herbert
Baumann, Gert
Honold, Marcus
Koehler, Kerstin
Affiliation
Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Robert Bosch Krankenhaus Stuttgart
University Hospital Saarland
Universität Leipzig
SOCAR Research, Nyon, Switzerland
IRCCS San Raffaele, Rome
Issue Date
2011-05-03
Subjects
telemedicine
mortality
hospitalisation
chronic heart failure

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Abstract
This study was designed to determine whether physician-led remote telemedical management (RTM) compared with usual care would result in reduced mortality in ambulatory patients with chronic heart failure (HF).
Citation
Koehler, F. et al (2011) 'Impact of remote telemedical management on mortality and hospitalizations in ambulatory patients with chronic heart failure: the telemedical interventional monitoring in heart failure study' Circulation 123 (17):1873-80
Publisher
American Heart Association
Journal
Circulation
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/593451
DOI
10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.111.018473
PubMed ID
21444883
Additional Links
http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/123/17/1873.short
Type
Article
Language
en
ISSN
1524-4539
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