Publications

Specialized press

Project partners wrote about remote patient monitoring, heart failure and „Partnership for the Heart“ in specialized medical and technical press and books. Following the publications in English. For further publications in German please visit the German version of the Website.

Original papers

Koehler F, Winkler S, Schieber M, Sechtem U, Stangl K, Böhm M, de Brouwer S, Perrin E, Baumann G, Gelbrich G, Boll H, Honold M, Koehler K, Kirwan BA, Anker SD. Telemedicine in heart failure: Pre-specified and exploratory subgroup analyses from the TIM-HF trial. Int J Cardiol. 2011 Oct 7. [Epub ahead of print], More

Winkler S, Axmann C, Schannor B, Kim S, Leuthold T, Scherf M, Downes R, Nettlau H, Koehler F. Diagnostic accuracy of a new detection algorithm for atrial fibrillation in cardiac telemonitoring with portable electrocardiogram devices. J Electrocardiol. 2011 Mar 17., More

Koehler F, Winkler S, Schieber M, Sechtem U, Stangl K, Böhm M, Boll H, Baumann G, Honold M, Koehler K, Gelbrich G, Kirwan BA, Anker SD, on behalf of the TIM-HF Investigators. The impact of remote telemedical management on mortality and hospitalizations in ambulatory patients with chronic heart failure: TIM-HF study. Koehler F, Winkler S, Schieber M, Sechtem U, Stangl K, Böhm M, Boll H, Baumann G, Honold M, Koehler K, Gelbrich G, Kirwan BA, Anker SD, on behalf of the TIM-HF Investigators. The impact of remote telemedical management on mortality and hospitalizations in ambulatory patients with chronic heart failure: TIM-HF study. Circulation. 2011 May 3;123(17):1873-1880. Epub 2011 Mar 28, More

Jehn M, Halle M, Schuster T, Hanssen H, Koehler F, Schmidt-Trucksäss A.
Multivariable Analysis of Heart Rate Recovery after Cycle Ergometry in Heart Failure. Exercise in Heart Failure, Heart Lung. 2011 Mar 22. [Epub ahead of print], More

Koehler F, Winkler S, Schieber M, Sechtem U, Stangl K, Böhm M, Boll H, Baumann G,  Honold M, Koehler K, Gelbrich G, Kirwan BA, Anker SD, For the TIM-HF Trial Investigators.  The impact of remote telemedical management on mortality & hospitalization rates  in ambulatory patients with CHF. The Telemedicine to Improve Mortality in Heart Failure study (TIM-HF) Presentation, Congress of the American Heart Association, 16.11.2010, More

Koehler F, Winkler S, Schieber S, Sechtem U, Stangl K, Böhm M, Boll H, Kim SS, Lücke S, Honold M, Heinze P, Schweizer T, Braecklein M, Kirwan BA, Gelbrich G, Anker SD and   on behalf of the TIM-HF Investigators. Telemedical Interventional Monitoring in Heart Failure (TIM-HF), a randomized, controlled intervention trial investigating the impact of telemedicine on mortality in ambulatory patients with heart failure: study design,  Eur J Heart Fail (2010) 12 (12): 1354-1362, More

Winkler S, Schieber M, Lücke S, Heinze P, Schweizer T, Wegertseder D, Scherf  M,  Nettlau H, Henke S, Braecklein M, Anker S, Koehler F.  A New Telemonitoring System intended for Chronic Heart Failure Patients using Mobile Telephone Technology - Feasibility Study. Int J Cardiol. 2010 Sep 17 (online), More

Jehn M, Schmidt-Trucksaess A, Schuster T, Halle M, Koehler F. Association of Physical Activity and Prognostic Parameters in Elderly Patients with Heart Failure. J Aging Phys Act. 2011 Jan;19(1):1-15, More

Jehn M, Schmidt-Trucksäss A, Schuster T, Hanssen H, Halle M, Köhler F. Pedometer Accuracy in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure. Int Journal of Sports Medicine 2010;  31:186-91, More

Knebel F, Konietzko A , Winkler S, Dranenkiene A , Fotuhi P, Stangl K, Baumann G, Koehler F. "Off-label Use” of Tele-ECG Event Recorder for the Detection of ST-Abnormalities. Seminars in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2009; 15: 1-5

Jehn M, Schmidt-Trucksäss A, Schuster T, Weis M, Hanssen H, Halle M, Koehler F. Accelerometer-Based Quantification of 6-Minute Walk Test Performance in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure: Applicability in Telemedicine. J Cardiac Failure 2009; 15 (4): 334-340, More

Jehn M, Schmidt-Trucksaess A, Schuster T, Hanssen H, Weis M, Halle M, Koehler F. Daily Walking Performance as an Independent Predictor of Advanced Heart Failure: Prediction of Exercise Capacity in Chronic Heart Failure. Am Heart J 2009; 157 (2): 292-8, More

Jehn M, Halle M, Schuster T, Hanssen H, Weis M, Koehler F, Schmidt-Trucksäss A. The 6-min Walk Test in Heart Failure: is it a Max or Sub-Maximum Exercise Test?Eur J Appl Physiol. 2009 Oct;107(3):317-23. Epub 2009 Jul 18, More

         
Jehn M, Schmidt-Trucksaess A, Schuster T, Hanssen H, Halle M, Koehler F. Accuracy of the Omron HJ-720 Pedometer During Slow Walking. Int Journal of Sports Medicine 2009, accepted

Overviews

Anker, SD, Koehler F, Abraham WT. Telemedicine and remote management of patients with heart failure, Lancet. 2011 Aug 20;378(9792):731-9, Mehr

Köhler F, Nettlau H, Schweizer T, Waller T, Anker SD. The research project of the German federal ministry of economics and technology: ‘partnership for the heart’ – a new approach in telemedicine. Dis Manage Health Outcomes 2006; 14 (1): 1-4

Köhler F, Schierbaum C, Konertz W, Winter SF. „Partnership for the Heart“. German-Estonian Health Project for the Treatment of Congenital Heart Defects in Estonia. Health Policy 2005; 73(2): 151-159

Editorials/ Commentary

Winkler S, Koehler F. A Meta-Analysis of Remote Monitoring of Heart Failure Patients, Letter to the Editor. J Am Coll Cardiol 2010; 55 (14): 1502-8, More

Koehler F, Middeke M. Telemedicine - Bridge and Network (Editorial). Dtsch Med Wochenschr 2007; 132: 413, More

Köhler F, Anker S. Noninvasive home telemonitoring for patients with heart failure at high risk of recurrent admission and death: the Trans-European Network-Home-Care Management System (TEN.HMS) study, Letter to the Editor. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2006, 48: 843-53

Public press

Different media reported to the public about „Partnership for the Heart“. Some articles are referred here - if available online a link is included.

Los Angeles Times (17.11.2010): Heart patients not helped by phone monitoring as much as hoped, More

The Heart.org (16.11.2010): No dent in readmissions, mortality seen with telemonitoring-guided HF care,  More