Follow‐up of the patient with a CIED

Prevalence and management of electrical lead abnormalities in cardiac implantable electronic device leads

“…CIED follow-up was performed according to current guidelines, which uses blended in-clinic and remote follow-up for patients with high-voltage devices, and at least annual in-clinic follow-up for low-voltage devices. 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 The occurrence of ELAs and the proposed response was determined through review of device interrogations obtained at each follow-up visit contained in the Paceart database. This included remote and in-clinic visits.…”

Telehealth of cardiac devices for CVD treatment

“…For instance, the positioning of the implanted device should be assessed on the following day by posterior–anterior and lateral chest radiographs. The secured device can maintain efficacy and safety, reducing the patient's risk of becoming a victim to excluding pneumothorax (Sridhar & Patton, 2020; Swerdlow & Ellenbogen, 2013). In addition, for ICD and CRT devices, the follow‐up visit has a general interval period of 3–6 months, which usually brings out some drawbacks, such as minimal availability of physicians and resources, no track record and surveillance between two follow‐up visits.…”