title: Novel devices to monitor heart failure and minimize hospitalizations.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Approximately 1-2% of the adult population in developed countries is affected by heart failure. The costs of heart failure are enormous both in Europe and in the US and are expected to rise. New technologies and remote monitoring, are valid tools for the management and treatment of these patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  This review aims to cover both implantable and non-implantable devices available for monitoring various hemodynamic parameters and clinical features of patients, as well as algorithms implemented in the new generation ICDs and CRTs capable of simultaneous acquisition and transmission of multiple parameters that indirectly evaluate clinical and/or hemodynamic status. Both internet and PubMed searches were used in order to acquire the most recent developments in the technology of the field. Expert commentary: As new technology offers an enormous data flow, the key for success in the battle against heart failure and related hospitalizations is understanding the correct way of utilizing the data acquired and their importance for the treatment of each individual person.
authors.affiliation: a Electrophysiology, Pacemaker and ICD Unit , Diagnostic and Therapeutic Centre of Athens - Hygeia , Athens , Greece.|b Cardiology Department , Fondazione PTV Policlinico Tor Vergata , Roma , Italy.
authors.forename: Lida Pieretta
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Papavasileiou
authors.affiliation: b Cardiology Department , Fondazione PTV Policlinico Tor Vergata , Roma , Italy.
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Santini
authors.affiliation: b Cardiology Department , Fondazione PTV Policlinico Tor Vergata , Roma , Italy.
authors.forename: Giovanni B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Forleo
authors.affiliation: c Cardiology Division , Presidio Ospedaliero GB Grassi Ostia Lido , Rome , Italy.
authors.forename: Fabrizio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ammirati
authors.affiliation: d Centro Studi Regionale per la Diagnosi e Cura delle Aritmie Cardiache , Rome , Italy.
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Santini
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000628:therapy*; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic
keywords: CRT-D; ICD; Remote monitoring; heart failure; hemodynamic sensors; hospitalization; new technology; wireless devices