Key result
Non-invasive wearable belt closely matches ICDs for monitoring heart rate, thoracic impedance, and activity in HF.
Why the study?
Implantable cardioverter defibrillators used to monitor and manage heart failure require surgery and are expensive, creating a need for non-invasive, cost-effective monitoring alternatives.
Does a wearable belt accurately measure heart rate, thoracic impedance, and activity status compared to an ICD in heart failure patients?
Observational
Does a wearable belt accurately measure heart rate, thoracic impedance, and activity status compared to an ICD in heart failure patients?
A novel wearable belt provides non-invasive monitoring of heart failure parameters comparable to traditional ICD measurements, offering a potential cost-effective alternative.
May support non-invasive HF monitoring alternatives; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before practice change.
Heart failure is a fatal cardiovascular disease in which the heart is unable to pump sufficient blood to meet the requirements of the body. Traditionally, implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) is used for the monitoring and management of heart failure. However, ICD is an implantable solution that requires surgery and is expensive as well. We have previously developed a wearable device that monitors parameters similar to ICD for the monitoring and management of heart failure. These parameters include heart rate, thoracic impedance and activity status. This paper, we will discuss the experimentation and results of the device on heart failure patients. We use the device to measure heart rate, thoracic impedance, and activity status on heart failure patients with ICDs. The results obtained from our non-invasive device are then compared with those obtained from the ICDs to validate our device. Our non-invasive device is shown to perform close to the ICDs rendering it a cost-effective alternative for heart failure patients. • A wearable belt for the parameters of heart failure patients. • Comparative analysis of the developed non-invasive solution with the traditional implantable solutions. • Study based on actual heart failure patients with reduced ejection fraction with Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators (ICD) implanted.
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Iqbal et al. (2025) conducted an observational in Heart failure with reduced ejection fraction. Wearable belt for non-invasive monitoring vs. Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) was evaluated on Heart rate, thoracic impedance, and activity status. A non-invasive wearable belt performed closely to implantable cardioverter defibrillators for monitoring heart rate, thoracic impedance, and activity status in heart failure patients.
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