Table 1.

Functional comparison of the Tiantanzhixin app and other telemedicine tools used to manage patients with cardiovascular diseases

Name of the telemedicine	Type of telemedicine	Target population	Medical education	Pre-hospital diagnose and evaluation	ECG transmission	Online consult	Medical professionals online service	Vital signs and test results monitor during hospitalization	Vital signs monitor after discharge	Cardiac follow up after discharge
Tiantanzhixin App	Smartphone application	All	√	√	√	√	√	×	×	√
Social media App (Wechat,Ticktock,Facebook,etc)	Smartphone application	All	√	√	√	×	×	×	×	×
Brunetti et al	Pre-hospital transmission	Acute myocardial infarction patients	×	√	√	×	×	×	×	×
Boman, et al	consultation	All	×	√	×	×	×	×	×	×
Corrie Health Digital Platform (iShare)	Smartphone application	Acute myocardial infarction patients	√	×	NA	√	NA	×	√	√
iVitality app	Smartphone application, website, BP monitor	Hypertension patients	×	×	×	×	×	NA	√	×
Medisafe app	Smartphone application	Hypertension patients	√	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
CONNECT website/app	Website and Smartphone application	All	√	×	×	×	×	NA	√	NA
CardioMobile	Smartphone application	Cardiac rehabilitation after PCI or ACS	√	×	×	×	×	NA	√	√
EU-CaRE	Smartphone, HR monitor	Older patients who declined traditional cardiac rehabilitation	√	×	×	×	×	NA	√	√
iCor	Tablet with Bluetooth connection to BP monitor, scale; video conferencing	Symptomatic heart failure patients	√	×	×	NA	NA	NA	√	√
CarePartner	Interactive automated voice response calls, automated e-mails	heart failure patients	NA	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
mAFA	smartphone application	Atrial fibrillation patients	√	×	×	×	×	NA	√	×
mSTOPS	Portable ECG (iRhythm Zio) self-applied patch	Atrial fibrillation patients	×	×	×	×	×	NA	√	×
eMocial	smartphone-based support tool	ACS patients	×	×	NA	NA	×	NA	√	×