Table 1.
Characteristics of the studies included in the systematic review.
| Reference | Country | Multicenter | Population | Number of patients (N) | Follow-up (weeks) | Intervention | Back-end |
| Blasco 2012 [14] | Spain | No | IHDa-ACSb | 203 | 52 | Manual telemonitoring | Yes |
| Chow 2015 [15] | Australia | No | IHD-ACS and stable CADc | 710 | 26 | One-way SMS | No |
| Fang 2016 [16] | China | No | IHD-stable CAD | 271 | 26 | One-way SMS | No |
| Khonsari 2015 [17] | Malaysia | No | IHD-ACS | 62 | 8 | One-way SMS | No |
| Park 2015 [18] | United States | No | IHD-ACS, stable | 90 | 4.5 | Interactive SMS | No |
| Quilici 2013 [19] | France | No | IHD-ACS | 499 | 4.5 | One-way SMS | No |
| Chen 2019 [20] | China | No | HFd | 512 | 26 | One-way SMS | No |
| Dendale 2012 [21] | Belgium | Yes | HF | 160 | 26 | Auto telemonitoring | Yes |
| Koehler 2011 [22] | Germany | Yes | HF | 710 | 52 | Auto telemonitoring | Yes |
| Scherr 2009 [23] | Austria | No | HF | 120 | 26 | Manual telemonitoring | Yes |
| Seto 2012 [24] | Canada | No | HF | 100 | 26 | Auto telemonitoring | Yes |
| Vuorinen 2014 [25] | Finland | No | HF | 94 | 26 | Manual telemonitoring | Yes |
| Bobrow 2016 [26] | South Africa | No | HTNe | 1372 | 52 | Interactive SMS | No |
| Kiselev 2012 [27] | Russia | No | HTN | 199 | 52 | One-way SMS | No |
| Logan 2012 [28] | Canada | Yes | HTN | 110 | 52 | Auto telemonitoring | Yes |
| Morawski 2018 [29] | United States | Yes | HTN | 411 | 12 | Manual telemonitoring | No |
| Morikawa 2011 [30] | Japan | No | HTN | 41 | 4 | One-way SMS | No |
| Varleta 2017 [31] | Chile | Yes | HTN | 314 | 26 | One-way SMS | No |
| Bravo-Escobar 2017 [32] | Spain | No | CRf-ischemic CMg | 28 | 8 | App (other) | Yes |
| Del Rosario 2018 [33] | Australia | No | CR (mixed) | 66 | 12 | Manual telemonitoring | No |
| Maddison 2019 [34] | New Zealand | Yes | IHD-ACS | 162 | 24 | App (other) | Yes |
| Pandey 2017 [35] | Canada | No | CR-ACS | 34 | 52 | One-way SMS | No |
| Pandey 2017 [35] | Canada | No | CR-ACS | 50 | 52 | One-way SMS | No |
| Pfaeffli Dale 2015 [36] | New Zealand | Yes | CR-ACS and stable CAD | 123 | 26 | Interactive SMS | No |
| Piotrowicz 2010 [37] | Poland | No | CR (HF) | 152 | 8 | Manual telemonitoring | No |
| Varnfield 2014 [38] | Australia | No | CR-ACS | 120 | 6 | App (other) | Yes |
aIHD: ischemic heart disease.
bACS: acute coronary syndrome.
cCAD: coronary artery disease.
dHF: heart failure.
eHTN: hypertension.
fCR: cardiac rehabilitation.
gCM: cardiomyopathy.