Editorials - Telemonitoring

Telemonitoring for chronic heart failure: not ready for prime time

  • By: Juan-Pablo Casas, Joey Kwong, and Shah Ebrahim
  • On: August 09, 2010, 15:39

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Chronic heart failure (CHF) is a life-threatening condition that is becoming more common in most countries due to improved treatments for acute coronary syndromes (Kushner 2009). In addition, with ageing of the population, the number of people at risk of developing CHF has also increased. Improving the management of CHF is a high and growing priority for cardiovascular health services...


   

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