Remote follow-up of CRT-ICD patients: device monitoring and heart failure management

Remote Surveillance of Implantable Cardiac Devices

“…The use of CareLink system in combination with OptiVol appears to be clinically useful for remote follow-up of patients with HF according to a recent study of 67 patients. 48 The deterioration of HF was predicted appropriately by OptiVol with a positive predictive value of 71%. A recent study in a HF animal model indicates that alteration in impedance of various pacemaker leads in the right ventricle and left PACE, Vol.…”