Remote ICD monitoring a 'safe alternative' to conventional follow up
Monday, August 29, 2011 - 11:01
in Health & Medicine
Device management using a home monitoring system with daily telemetry in patients with ICDs (implantable cardioverter defibrilators) is a safe alternative to conventional monitoring and could decrease the number of inappropriate shocks, according to results of the ECOST study, a multicentre randomised trial performed in France.