Protocol-driven remote monitoring of cardiac resynchronization therapy as part of a heart failure disease management strategy.
Christophe J P SmeetsFrederik Hendrik VerbruggeJulie VrankenJo Van der AuweraWilfried MullensMatthias DupontLars GrietenHélène De CannièreDorien LanssensThijs VandenberkValerie StormsInge M ThijsPieter VandervoortPublished in: Acta cardiologica (2017)
Remote CRT follow-up resulted in 0.23 technical- versus 2.64 disease-related alerts annually. Rhythm and bioimpedance notifications constituted the majority of incoming notifications which triggered an actual intervention in 22% and 15% of cases, respectively.