Remote monitoring and follow-up of pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators
Population
Patients implanted with pacemakers (PMs) and implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs)
Design
Review
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
Increasing adoption warrants clinician awareness of remote systems; extends descriptive evidence but leaves open standardization and outcomes.
Structured PICO
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Population
Patients implanted with pacemakers (PMs) and implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs)
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Intervention
Remote patient follow-up and monitoring systems
This review describes existing systems and available evidence for remote monitoring of pacemakers and ICDs, highlighting their increasing adoption in the USA and Europe.
Cite This Study
Burri et al. (2009) studied this question.