HRS Expert Consensus Statement on remote interrogation and monitoring for cardiovascular implantable electronic devices

David Slotwiner; Niraj Varma; Joseph G Akar; George Annas; Marianne Beardsall; Richard I Fogel; Nestor O Galizio; Taya V Glotzer; Robin A Leahy; Charles J Love; Rhondalyn C McLean; Suneet Mittal; Loredana Morichelli; Kristen K Patton; Merritt H Raitt; Renato Pietro Ricci; John Rickard; Mark H Schoenfeld; Gerald A Serwer; Julie Shea; Paul Varosy; Atul Verma; Cheuk-Man Yu

doi:10.1016/j.hrthm.2015.05.008

HRS Expert Consensus Statement on remote interrogation and monitoring for cardiovascular implantable electronic devices

Heart Rhythm. 2015 Jul;12(7):e69-100. doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2015.05.008. Epub 2015 May 14.

Authors

David Slotwiner¹, Niraj Varma², Joseph G Akar³, George Annas⁴, Marianne Beardsall⁵, Richard I Fogel⁶, Nestor O Galizio⁷, Taya V Glotzer⁸, Robin A Leahy⁹, Charles J Love¹⁰, Rhondalyn C McLean¹¹, Suneet Mittal¹², Loredana Morichelli¹³, Kristen K Patton¹⁴, Merritt H Raitt¹⁵, Renato Pietro Ricci¹³, John Rickard¹⁶, Mark H Schoenfeld¹⁷, Gerald A Serwer¹⁸, Julie Shea¹⁹, Paul Varosy²⁰, Atul Verma⁵, Cheuk-Man Yu²¹

Affiliations

¹ Hofstra School of Medicine, North Shore - Long Island Jewish Health System, New Hyde Park, New York. Electronic address: stynes@hrsonline.org.
² Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
³ Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
⁴ Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁵ Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, Ontario, Canada.
⁶ St. Vincent Medical Group, Indianapolis, Indiana.
⁷ Favaloro Foundation University Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
⁸ Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, New Jersey.
⁹ Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute, Carolinas HealthCare System, Charlotte, North Carolina.
¹⁰ New York University Langone Medical Center, New York City, New York.
¹¹ University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
¹² The Arrhythmia Institute at Valley Hospital, New York, New York.
¹³ Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, San Filippo Neri Hospital, Rome, Italy.
¹⁴ University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
¹⁵ VA Portland Health Care System, Oregon Health & Science University, Knight Cardiovascular Institute, Portland, Oregon.
¹⁶ Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.
¹⁷ Yale University School of Medicine, Yale-New Haven Hospital Saint Raphael Campus, New Haven, Connecticut.
¹⁸ University of Michigan Congenital Heart Center, University of Michigan Health Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
¹⁹ Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
²⁰ Veterans Affairs Eastern Colorado Health Care System, University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado.
²¹ Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.

PMID: 25981148
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2015.05.008

No abstract available

Keywords: Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Cardiac resynchronization therapy-defibrillator; Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator; Pacemaker; Remote monitoring.

MeSH terms

Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy / methods
Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy / psychology
Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy / standards
Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Devices*
Consensus
Defibrillators, Implantable*
Disease Management
Heart Diseases* / classification
Heart Diseases* / diagnosis
Heart Diseases* / therapy
Humans
International Cooperation
Quality Improvement
Quality of Life*
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
Remote Sensing Technology / methods*
Telemedicine* / instrumentation
Telemedicine* / methods