Clinical and Psycological Telemonitoring and Telecare of High Risk Patientswith Chronic Heart Failure through Wireless Technologies: The Icaros Project

Background: Disease management is mandatory for the home care of most patients with chronic heart failure. We report the results of ICAROS (Integrated care vs Conventional intervention in cArdiac failure patients: Randomized Open label Study), an Italian trial of telemonitoring and telecare combining wireless and mobile technologies to obtain optimal therapeutic control, fast and effective interpretation of clinical data and improved patients’...