title: [Implantable sensors for outpatient assessment of ventricular filling pressure in advanced heart failure : Which telemonitoring design is optimal?]
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Patients with advanced heart failure suffer from frequent hospitalizations. Non-invasive hemodynamic telemonitoring for assessment of ventricular filling pressure has been shown to reduce hospitalizations. We report on the right ventricular (RVP), the pulmonary artery (PAP) and the left atrial pressure (LAP) sensor for non-invasive assessment of the ventricular filling pressure.
  
  
  METHODS
  A literature search concerning the available implantable pressure sensors for noninvasive haemodynamic telemonitoring in patients with advanced heart failure was performed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Until now, only implantation of the PAP-sensor was able to reduce hospitalizations for cardiac decompensation and to improve quality of life. The right ventricular pressure sensor missed the primary endpoint of a significant reduction of hospitalizations, clinical data using the left atrial pressure sensor are still pending.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The implantation of a pressure sensor for assessment of pulmonary artery filling pressure is suitable for reducing hospitalizations for heart failure and for improving quality of life in patients with advanced heart failure.
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt, Med. Klinik III, Kardiologie, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590, Frankfurt/Main, Deutschland. Ester.Herrmann@kgu.de.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Herrmann
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt, Med. Klinik III, Kardiologie, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590, Frankfurt/Main, Deutschland.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fichtlscherer
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt, Med. Klinik III, Kardiologie, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590, Frankfurt/Main, Deutschland.
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Hohnloser
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt, Med. Klinik III, Kardiologie, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590, Frankfurt/Main, Deutschland.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Zeiher
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt, Med. Klinik III, Kardiologie, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590, Frankfurt/Main, Deutschland.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Aßmus
mesh_terms: D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D018660:Blood Pressure Monitoring, Ambulatory / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D015995:Prevalence; D019736:Prostheses and Implants / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011788:Quality of Life; D012307:Risk Factors; D014160:Transducers, Pressure / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014600:Utilization Review; D017725:Ventricular Pressure
keywords: Cardiac decompensation; Chronic heart failure; Hospitalisation; Pressure sensor; Telemonitoring