Key result
Continuous remote monitoring via an implantable cardiac monitor detected critical ventricular arrhythmias 8 months post-MI in a 68-year-old woman, facilitating timely ICD recommendation.
Case Report (n=1)
Continuous remote monitoring via an implantable cardiac monitor can successfully detect critical arrhythmias in post-MI patients, enabling timely intervention.
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Case suggests ICM utility for late post-MI arrhythmia detection; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Following a non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction (MI), a 68-year-old hypertensive, severely obese woman with 45% left ventricular ejection fraction underwent an implantable cardiac monitor (ICM) insertion. After 8 months, the ICM remotely transmitted multiple non-sustained ventricular tachycardia episodes. Symptomatic during these events, the patient underwent an invasive electrophysiologic stimulation, which induced ventricular arrhythmia. Subsequently, implantable cardioverter-defibrillator implantation was recommended. Continuous remote monitoring via an ICM detected critical arrhythmias in this post-MI patient, facilitating timely intervention.
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Volpicelli et al. (2024) conducted a case report in Post-myocardial infarction (n=1). Implantable cardiac monitor (ICM) was evaluated on Detection of ventricular tachycardia. Continuous remote monitoring via an implantable cardiac monitor detected critical ventricular arrhythmias 8 months post-MI in a 68-year-old woman, facilitating timely ICD recommendation.
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