title: Practices of cardiac implantable electronic device follow-up: results of the European Heart Rhythm Association survey.
abstract: This survey analyses some details of follow-up of patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) in 40 centres-the members of the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) research network. Results of this survey show that practices of CIED follow-up are not homogeneous between EHRA research network centres, and recommended clinical evaluation of the patients regarding possible device up-grade is not always performed. Remote device monitoring appears to be an evolving practice, mostly used in implantable cardioverter defibrillators and cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator recipients.
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Heart Diseases, Vilnius University Hospital Santariškių klinikos, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania. mrnsks@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Germanas
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Marinskis
authors.forename: Lieselot
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: van Erven
authors.forename: Maria Grazia
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Bongiorni
authors.forename: Gregory Y H
authors.initials: GY
authors.lastname: Lip
authors.forename: Laurent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pison
authors.forename: Carina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Blomström-Lundqvist
mesh_terms: D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable / Q000592:standards*; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000592:standards; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006801:Humans; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial / Q000592:standards*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D058998:Remote Sensing Technology / Q000592:standards