title: Telemonitoring in heart failure: Big Brother watching over you.
abstract: Heart failure (HF) is a leading cause of hospitalisations in older people. Several strategies, supported by novel technologies, are now available to monitor patients' health from a distance. Although studies have suggested that remote monitoring may reduce HF hospitalisations and mortality, the study of different patient populations, the use of different monitoring technologies and the use of different endpoints limit the generalisability of the results of the clinical trials reported, so far. In this review, we discuss the existing home monitoring modalities, relevant trials and focus on future directions for telemonitoring.
authors: Department of Cardiology, Hull York Medical School, Hull and East Yorkshire Medical Research and Teaching Centre, Castle Hill Hospital, Cottingham, Kingston upon Hull, HU16 5JQ, UK, r.dierckx@hull.ac.uk.
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Dierckx
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Pellicori
authors: J G F
authors: JG
authors: Cleland
authors: A L
authors: AL
authors: Clark
mesh_terms: D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000191:economics / Q000401:mortality; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000379:methods*; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000639:trends*; D013689:Telephone / Q000706:statistics & numerical data