Erschienen in:
01.08.2009 | SUBJECT OF THE YEAR SERIES
Subject of the year: remote monitoring
verfasst von:
Fred Kusumoto, Nora Goldschlager
Erschienen in:
Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology
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Ausgabe 2/2009
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Excerpt
Implanted cardiac devices have evolved dramatically over the last 50 years from large simple “machines” that could treat only bradycardia to sophisticated “mini-computers” that can be used for the treatment of many different arrhythmias and as an important adjunctive therapy for systolic heart failure, and as a diagnostic option for patients with syncope of uncertain etiology. Remote monitoring of implanted devices, systems now available from all manufacturers, holds promise for extending both depth and breadth of device therapy by enhancing follow-up, providing freer flow of information among multiple caregivers and the patient, and measurement of a wider array of physiologic parameters. …