Telemedicine in cardiovascular emergency care
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MELNICOV, Victoria. Telemedicine in cardiovascular emergency care. In: Health Technology Management: 3rd International Conference, Ed. 3, 6-7 octombrie 2016, Chișinău. Chișinău, Republica Moldova: Technical University of Moldova, 2016, Editia 3, p. 62.
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Health Technology Management
Editia 3, 2016
Conferința "Health Technology Management"
3, Chișinău, Moldova, 6-7 octombrie 2016

Telemedicine in cardiovascular emergency care


Pag. 62-62

Melnicov Victoria
 
”Nicolae Testemițanu” State University of Medicine and Pharmacy
 
 
Disponibil în IBN: 1 aprilie 2019


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Cardiology is a very promising field in telemedicine. Cardiovascular disease is one of the leading cause of death around the world with a growing number of hospitalizations and health-care costs every year. In pacients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS), the time interval from symptoms onset to reperfusion is a critical determinant of the clinical outcome of primary percutanuous coronary intervention (PPCI). Early diagnosis and prehospital care of patients with ACS is crucial in survival. Prehospital eletrocardiogram (ECG) decreases time to reperfusion in ACS pacients. Being useful in diagnosis of ischemic heart disease and cardiac arrhythmia, the availability of electrocardiographic equipment in primary care is common today. Despite that, obtaining accurate and rapid ECG reports remains a challenge. Republic of Moldova is a small country and the health system is distributed geographically. Emergency stations and ambulance teams, first and second level hospitals are scattered through the country, while specialized centers, third level hospitals are mostly located in the capital Chisinau. The decision to admit a pacient to a coronary care center for ACS has serious medical and financial consequences. The transmission of ECG from ambulance to a centre for analysis is already a routine in the approach of ACS. Telemedical technologies provide the remote expert support and interpretation of eletrocardiographic recordings via telephone transmission, helping to predict ACS in pacients with chest pain at home. Wireless transmition and physician interpretation of prehospital ECG can contribute to lower rates of false-positive and false-negative ACS diagnosis and guide selection of the treatment and transportation details. Prehospital ECG transmission systems are also useful for risk stratification and triage for patients with suspected cardiovascular emergency and presenting atypical symptoms. Studies have shown that quality of healthcare services delivered via telemedicine are at least equal with the traditional in-person consultation. In addition to enabling better and more extended health services worldwide, the implementation of telemedical systems were shown to substantially reduce health care costs, travel time, number of hospital admissions and increase of clinical efficiency through better management of ACS.