Necessity of Face-to-Face Encounters With Recipients of Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Devices With Remote Monitoring

Remote Monitoring Leads to Early Recognition and Treatment of Critical Arrhythmias in Adults After Atrial Switch Operation for Transposition of the Great Arteries

“…Remote Monitoring After ASO of follow-up visits and hospital admissions and thus costsaving in the long term in this high-risk patient group. 21 A recent randomized trial of long-term RM showed that RM is as safe as standard follow-up in adult pacemaker patients with structurally normal hearts as well as those with structural heart disease. 22 It enables the early detection of adverse events such as arrhythmias and lead-related complications compared with conventional monitoring and allows early optimization of medical therapy in patients with ICD, CRT and pacemakers.…”

Remote monitoring of cardiovascular implantable electronic devices in Japan

“…As demonstrated by the Japanese HOME‐ICD study [18], it is also inevitable that false‐negative events sometimes occur. Nevertheless, according to the results of the previous studies, the interval between face‐to‐face visits for ICD/CRT‐D patients can likely be increased from 3–4 months to 6–12 months in Japan, which will undoubtedly reduce the burden on patients and medical professionals [19]. However, as shown by the REFORM trial [15], stretching the interval to 12 months may increase the number of patients who are lost to follow‐up.…”