Many studies have indicated that computing technology can enable off-site cardiologists to read patients' electrocardiograph (ECG), echocardiography (ECHO), and relevant images via smart phones during pre-hospital, in-hospital, and post-hospital teleconsultation, which not only identifies emergency cases in need of immediate treatment, but also prevents the unnecessary re-hospitalizations. Mean...

Background: Clinical presentation of atrial fibrillation (AF) is usually represented by palpitations; nevertheless, atypical presentation of AF with symptoms other than palpitations may be not uncommon in elderly patients. This study therefore aimed to evaluate incremental diagnostic value of tele-medicine at-home assessment in patients who called emergency medical service (EMS). Methods: A tot...

Telemedicine involves the integration of information, telecommunications, human-machine and healthcare technologies. One of the aspects of telecardiology known as teleelectrocardiography deploys Electrocardiography machines to transmit Electrocardiograms (ECG) over networks. Tele-electrocardiography diagnosis and ECG interpretation is simple, reliable and cost-effective. As different parts of t...

Telecardiology holds great promise for Africa, from tele-echocardiography and tele-ECG s, to home monitoring and text messaging for medication adherence monitoring. The burden of disease is great and there is an extreme shortage of health professionals. Telemedicine can provide access to scarce specialist care, improve the quality of care in rural areas and reduce the need for rural patients to...

AIMS In patients with persistent atrial fibrillation (AF), the efficacy and safety of two anti-arrhythmic drugs in preventing the recurrence of AF after successful direct current (DC) cardioversion was prospectively assessed in a multi-centre double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomised trial using daily trans-telephonic monitoring. METHODS AND RESULTS 1182 patients with persistent AF were pr...

This manuscript addresses the design and implementation of a portable PC-based ECG device. Three electrodes are often employed for recording, with two them being connected to patient's chest via amplifiers' differential inputs. Therefore, every stage takes into account factors like low cost, power consumption, portability, simplicity usage. In this system, ATMEL Company's ATMEGA 328 low-power m...

continuous telemetric ecg monitoring     soltanzadeh l 1 , taheria 2 , reabiee m 3 *     received: 29 may , 2013 accepted: 9 aug , 2013     abstract   background & aims : diabetes mellitus is becoming a major public health problem. telecare can improve the quality of diabetes care by altering the caring environment and care delivery process.   the electrocardiogram (ecg) is the recording of the...