HRS/EHRA/APHRS/LAHRS/ACC/AHA Worldwide Practice Update for Telehealth and Arrhythmia Monitoring During and After a Pandemic

Overview

Journal J Arrhythm

Publisher Wiley

Date 2020 Aug 25

PMID 32837667

Citations 7

Authors

Niraj Varma

Nassir F Marrouche

Luis Aguinaga

Christine M Albert

Elena Arbelo

Jong-Il Choi

Mina K Chung

Giulio Conte

Lilas Dagher

Laurence M Epstein

Hamid Ghanbari

Janet K Han

Hein Heidbuchel

He Huang

Dhanunjaya R Lakkireddy

Tachapong Ngarmukos

Andrea M Russo

Eduardo B Saad

Luis C Saenz Morales

Kristin E Sandau

Arun Raghav M Sridhar

Eric C Stecker

Paul D Varosy

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