creators_name: Reynolds, Dwight W creators_name: Jayaprasad, N creators_name: Francis, Johnson editors_name: Singh, Balbir editors_name: Lokhandwala, Yash editors_name: Francis, Johnson editors_name: Gupta, Anup editors_name: Ghosh, Joydeep type: journalp datestamp: 2006-10-28 lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:56:41 metadata_visibility: show title: Remote Monitoring of Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator ispublished: pub subjects: ipej full_text_status: public keywords: Implantable cardioverter defibrillator, telemonitoring, internet based monitoring abstract: The rate of implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) implantation has gone up as primary and secondary prevention trials have relatively consistently shown significant improvement in mortality and morbidity. Most patients with ICDs are followed routinely at intervals ranging from 3 to 6 months. Many patients require additional non-scheduled visits to investigate symptoms that may or may not relate to their cardiac disease or device. Appropriate and inappropriate therapies of implantable cardioverter defibrillators have a major impact on morbidity and quality of life in ICD recipients. Remote monitoring systems can substitute for routine follow-up visits and/ or deliver continuous diagnostic and device status information. Remote monitoring of ICDs can decrease the need for many patient visits and, thereby, probably reduce expense. date: 2006-10 date_type: published publication: Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Journal volume: 6 number: 3 publisher: Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Group pagerange: 186-188 refereed: TRUE referencetext: 1. Furman S, Escher DJW. Transtelephone pacemaker monitoring. In: Schaldach M, Furman S, eds. Advances in Pacemaker Technology. Berlin: Springer 1975: 177–94. 2. Grom A, Baron TW, Faber TS, Brunner M, Bode C, Zehender M. Clusters of life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias in patients with implanted cardioverter-defibrillators: prevalence, characteristics, and risk stratification. Clin Cardiol 2001; 24: 330–3. 3. Grimm W, Flores BF, Marchlinski FE. Electrocardiographically documented unnecessary, spontaneous shocks in 241 patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 1992; 15: 1667–73. 4. Schoenfeld MH, Compton SJ, Mead RH et al. Remote monitoring of implantable cardioverter defibrillators: a prospective analysis. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2004;27:757-63 5. Joseph GK, Wilkoff BL, Dresing T, Burkhardt J, Khaykin Y. Remote interrogation and monitoring of implantable cardioverter defibrillators. J Interv Card Electrophysiol. 2004;11:161-6. 6. Perings C, Klein G, Toft E et al. The RIONI study rationale and design: validation of the first stored electrograms transmitted via home monitoring in patients with implantable defibrillators. Europace. 2006;8:288-92 7. Ellery S, Pakrashi T, Paul V, Sack S. Predicting mortality and rehospitalization in heart failure patients with Home Monitoring: The Home CARE pilot study. Clin Res Cardiol. 2006;95(Supplement 3):iii29-iii35. 8. Fauchier L, Sadoul N, Kouakam C et al. Potential cost savings by telemedicine-assisted long-term care of implantable cardioverter defibrillator recipients. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2005;28 Suppl 1:S255-9. 9. Dressing TJ, Schott R, McDowell C, et al. Transtelephonic ICD follow-up is better: more comprehensive, less intrusive and more desirable (abstract). Pacing Clin electrophysiol 2002; 24: 577. citation: Reynolds, Dwight W and Jayaprasad, N and Francis, Johnson (2006) Remote Monitoring of Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator. [Journal (Paginated)] document_url: http://cogprints.org/5240/1/reynolds.htm document_url: http://cogprints.org/5240/2/reynolds.pdf