title: Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Follow-up: Role of Remote Monitoring.
abstract: Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is increasingly used in heart failure treatment and management of these patients imposes significant challenges. Remote monitoring is becoming essential for CRT follow-up and allows close surveillance of device function and patient condition. It is helpful to reduce clinic visits, increase device longevity and provide early detection of device failure. Clinical effects include prevention of appropriate and inappropriate shocks and early detection of arrhythmias, such as atrial fibrillation. For modification of heart failure the addition of monitoring to CRT by means of device-based multiparameters may help to modify disease progression and improve survival.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm S-17176, Sweden. Electronic address: cecilia.linde@ki.se.
authors.forename: Cecilia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Linde
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm S-17176, Sweden.
authors.forename: Frieder
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Braunschweig
mesh_terms: D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D018670:Monitoring, Ambulatory / Q000379:methods*; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Follow-up; Heart failure; Hospitalizations; Mortality