Home Monitoring in an ICD patient with incessant ventricular tachycardia.
Due to the increasing number of patients and complexity of modern tachycardia devices, efficient therapy surveillance as offered by Home Monitoring (HM) is of increasing importance. We report of an ICD patient with incessant ventricular tachycardia, in whom immediate arrhythmia transmission by HM permitted hospitalization and change of medication without time delay.
Medizinische Klinik I der RWTH Aachen, Pauwelsstrasse 30, 52057 Aachen, Germany. rkoos@ukaachen.de
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D000368:Aged; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods; D004554:Electric Countershock / Q000379:methods*; D015716:Electrocardiography, Ambulatory / Q000379:methods*; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D055502:Secondary Prevention; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000379:methods*; D013813:Therapy, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome