title: Transferring images via the wireless messaging network using camera phones shortens the time required to diagnose acute coronary syndrome.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Clear images can be sent via e-mail using camera phones. We examined whether camera phones are useful to transmit electrocardiogram (ECG) images.
  
  
  RESULTS
  ECG images were taken of 20 patients suspected to have acute coronary syndrome. Ten images were sent to a cardiologist by fax. The other 10 images were transmitted using a camera phone. The total time elapsed between image transmission to diagnosis by cardiologists was shorter in the camera phone group than in the fax group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  ECG image transmission by camera phone can be efficiently used in the diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Seirei Yokohama General Hospital, Yokohama, Japan. masaootsuka-circ@umin.ac.jp
authors.forename: Masashi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ohtsuka
authors.forename: Eiji
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Uchida
authors.forename: Toru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakajima
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takano
authors.forename: Issei
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Komuro
mesh_terms: D054058:Acute Coronary Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*; D040421:Cell Phone; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D013997:Time Factors; D014741:Video Recording