Telemetry of Hospitalized High-Risk Patients with Cardiovascular Diseases

Abstract

The paper presents an ECG telemetry monitoring system including: (i) portable analyzers of the heart activity; (ii) hybrid network architecture with wireless (bluetooth) and wired (RS485 interface) parts; and (iii) central unit. The system is applied on 85 cardio-vascular patients in the Cardiology unit of the Department of propedeutics of internal medicine in the University hospital “Alexandrovska” – Sofia. It has helped for the registration of rhythm and/or conduction disturbances in 89.4 % of the patients which has allowed the application of a timely therapeutic treatment. Serious technical failures have not been reported during the follow-up period of the ECG telemetry monitoring system.