title: Implantable cardiac devices: the utility of remote monitoring in a paediatric and CHD population.
abstract: Remote monitoring in the modern era has improved outcomes for patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices. There are many advantages to remote monitoring, including improved quality of life for patients, decreased need for in-office interrogation, and secondary reduced costs. Patient safety and enhanced survival remain the most significant benefit. With most of the published literature on this topic being focussed on adults, paediatric outcomes continue to be defined. This is a review of the benefits of remote monitoring in paediatrics and in patients with CHD.
authors.affiliation: 1Department of Cardiology/Electrophysiology,Nicklaus Children's Hospital,Miami,Florida,United States of America.
authors.forename: Melissa M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Olen
authors.affiliation: 2CS Mott Children's Hospital Congenital Heart Center,University of Michigan,Ann Arbor,Michigan,United States of America.
authors.forename: Brynn
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dechert-Crooks
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D010372:Pediatrics; D011788:Quality of Life; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
keywords: CHD; Remote monitoring; cardiac implantable electronic devices; paediatrics; remote interrogation