Telemonitoring technologies in heart failure

Telemonitoring technologies in heart failure

Article Type: Reviews of effectiveness From: Clinical Governance: An International Journal, Volume 15, Issue 4

Maric, B., Kaan, A., Ignaszewski, A. and Lear, S.A.,A systematic review of telemonitoring technologies in heart failure,European Journal of Heart Failure,2009,Vol. 11,pp. 506-517

This review concluded that telemonitoring appeared to be an acceptable method of monitoring patients with heart failure. However, the reliability of this conclusion is unclear and it should be interpreted cautiously given the risk of missing data, varied types of studies included and risk of bias within the data.

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