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Fluid Status Monitoring May Offer Early Heart Failure Warning
Monitoring congestive heart failure patients for any worsening in their condition is based mainly on patient compliance to accurately weigh themselves every day and report...
Read More May 11, 2010
An Introduction to Remote Monitoring Systems for Implantable EP Devices
There is a growing trend in electrophysiology toward remote, home monitoring of implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs), cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT)...
Read More September 18, 2009
Fluid Monitoring Predicted Three Times More Future Heart Failure Events Than Weight Monitoring Alone
September 15, 2009 – Fluid monitoring with OptiVol Fluid Status Monitoring is a more accurate predictor of worsening heart failure compared to daily weight monitoring in...
Read More September 15, 2009
Remote Monitoring of Implantable Devices is the Future
There has been a growing trend in electrophysiology toward remote, home monitoring of implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD), cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT)...
Read More July 17, 2009
Remote Monitoring Helps Clinicians Deliver More Efficient Care
With the healthcare industry striving for greater efficiency at virtually every level, it shouldn’t be a surprise that hospitals and clinics are increasingly turning to...
Read More March 9, 2009
Keeping Pace with EP Advances
There have been numerous new products released in the past year to enhance implantable pacing and defibrillation devices, but new advances in remote monitoring seem to be...
Read More October 30, 2008
Targeting Chambers
Choosing the right device to regulate or jump-start the heart can be a challenge. Not only does a patient’s symptoms often dictate whether a pacemaker or defibrillator is...
Read More March 11, 2008
Home Monitoring Practices Preventative Care
When cardiologists send their high-risk patients home, they may be protected with a host of tools, including implantable cardiac devices and pacemakers and strict regimens...
Read More February 5, 2008
Recharging the Failing Heart
When it comes to treating patients suffering from heart failure, which is typically defined as a heart whose pumping power is weaker than normal, physicians are facing a...
Read More May 8, 2007
The ICD Registry Today, Valuable Data Tomorrow
In a giant leap forward in ICD patient safety, the American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACCF), in conjunction with the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS), established the...
Read More May 8, 2007
CRT Offers Greater Survival Rates, Fewer Complications
Five million Americans are affected by heart failure and approximately 400,000 new cases in the U.S. are diagnosed each year, according to the Heart Failure Society of...
Read More August 30, 2006
Especially, says HRS, when ICD malfunction is involved
The day our May issue went to press, April 26, the Heart Rhythm Society held a telebriefing for the media to announce release of its draft policy recommendations for...
Read More August 29, 2006
Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators
Although implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) have been around for nearly 20 years, they gained notoriety in 2001 when Vice President Dick Cheney became a...
Read More May 23, 2006