Validation of heart and lung teleauscultation on an Internet-based system.
The feasibility and accuracy of an Internet-based system for teleauscultation was evaluated in 103 cardiac patients, who were auscultated by the same cardiologist with a conventional stethoscope and with an Internet-based method, using an electronic stethoscope and transmitting heart and lung sounds between computer work stations. In 92% of patients, the results of electronic and acoustic auscultation coincided, indicating that teleauscultation may be considered a reliable method for assessing cardiac patients and could, therefore, be adopted in the context of comprehensive telecare programs.
Clinical Cardiology-Heart Failure Unit, Interventional Cardiology, and Cardiac Surgery, Istituto Scientifico/Universita' San Raffaele, Milano, Italy. gabriele.fragasso@hsr.it
Gabriele
G
Fragasso
Marialuisa
M
De Benedictis
Altin
A
Palloshi
Marco
M
Moltrasio
Alberto
A
Cappelletti
Mauro
M
Carlino
Angelo
A
Marchisi
Mariagrazia
M
Pala
Ottavio
O
Alfieri
Alberto
A
Margonato
D000368:Aged; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D006326:Heart Auscultation; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012135:Respiratory Sounds / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013686:Telemetry