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. 2023 May 1;24(Suppl 2):e168-e177.
doi: 10.2459/JCM.0000000000001447.

The Italian Society of Cardiology and Working Group on Telecardiology and Informatics 2023 updated position paper on telemedicine and artificial intelligence in cardiovascular disease

Natale D Brunetti  1 , Antonio Curcio  2 , Savina Nodari  3   4 , Gianfranco Parati  5 , Stefano Carugo  6   7 , Martina Molinari  8 , Flavio Acquistapace  9 , Gianfranco Gensini  10 , Giuseppe Molinari  11 ; Working Group on Telecardiology, Informatics of the Italian Society of Cardiology
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The Italian Society of Cardiology and Working Group on Telecardiology and Informatics 2023 updated position paper on telemedicine and artificial intelligence in cardiovascular disease

Natale D Brunetti et al. J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown). .

Abstract

In 2015, the Italian Society of Cardiology and its Working Group on Telemedicine and Informatics issued a position paper on Telecardiology, resuming the most eminent evidence supporting the use of information and communication technology in principal areas of cardiovascular care, ranked by level of evidence. More than 5 years later and after the global shock inflicted by the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, an update on the topic is warranted. Recent evidence and studies on principal areas of cardiovascular disease will be therefore reported and discussed, with particular focus on telemedicine for cardiovascular care in the COVID-19 context. Novel perspectives and opportunities disclosed by artificial intelligence and its applications in cardiovascular disease will also be discussed. Finally, modalities by which machine learning have realized remote patient monitoring and long-term care in recent years, mainly filtering critical clinical data requiring selective hospital admission, will be provided.

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