title: Remote monitoring of cardiac implantable electronic devices in Europe: results of the European Heart Rhythm Association survey.
abstract: The aim of this European Heart Rhythm Association survey was to provide an insight into the current use of remote monitoring for cardiac implantable electronic devices in Europe. The following topics were explored: use of remote monitoring, infrastructure and organization, patient selection and benefits. Centres using remote monitoring reported performing face-to-face visits less frequently. In many centres (56.9%), a nurse reviews all the data and forwards them to the responsible physician. The majority of the centres (91.4%) stated that remote monitoring is best used in patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators and those live far from the hospital (76.6% top benefit). Supraventricular and ventricular arrhythmias were reported to be the major events detected earlier by remote monitoring. Remote monitoring will have a significant impact on device management.
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Department, Ramón y Cajal Hospital, Carretera Colmenar Viejo, km 9, 100, 28034 Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hernández-Madrid
authors.forename: Thorsten
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lewalter
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Proclemer
authors.forename: Laurent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pison
authors.forename: Gregory Y H
authors.initials: GY
authors.lastname: Lip
authors.forename: Carina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Blomstrom-Lundqvist
mesh_terms: D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005060:Europe; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006801:Humans; D018670:Monitoring, Ambulatory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011159:Population Surveillance; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
keywords: Cardiac implantable electronic devices; Defibrillator; EHRA survey; EP wire; Pacemaker; Remote monitoring