Remote Monitoring

Remote cardiac monitoring technologies enable patient health to be tracked outside the clinical setting. It can be used for longer term monitoring to help diagnosis arrhythmias or other cardiac conditions. Remote monitoring also can keep tabs on chronic conditions such as heart failure or hypertension and alert clinicians to worsening symptoms to avoid an acute care episode or hospitalization.

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Use of augmented reality and virtual reality to aid procedures and enhance clinician training is expected to see increasing use in the coming years in cardiology. Photo from Philips healthcare

VIDEO: 4 predictions on key cardiac technologies for the coming years

Mass General cardiologist and Harvard professor Ami Bhatt, MD, predicts upcoming paradigm shifts in cardiology over the next decade. 

March 24, 2022
Ami Bhatt, MD, the American College of Cardiology (ACC) Chief Innovation Officer, and an Adult Congenital Heart Disease cardiologist at Mass General Hospital (MGH). She is viewed one of the national experts on telecardiology, having been the former director of telecardiology at Mass General during 2020-2021.

VIDEO: American College of Cardiology working to propel cardiovascular innovation

Ami Bhatt, MD, explained how the ACC is working to advance new technologies that can improve patient care.

March 18, 2022
Cardiac resynchronization therapy with a defibrillator (CRT-D) can be used to significantly improve mortality and hospitalization rates among older heart failure patients. CRT-D illustration courtesy of Boston Scientific.

CRT-D associated with major improvements among older HFrEF patients

The study's authors said CRT use among older patients represents a "major gap in knowledge." 

March 3, 2022
Abbott has received an expanded FDA indication approval for its CardioMEMs HF System, making the solution available for patients in earlier stages (NYHA stage II) of heart failure (HF). New FDA indication for CardioMEMS

Abbott implantable heart failure monitor gains expanded FDA approval

An estimated 1.2 million additional patients are now candidates for the company's small CardioMEMs HF monitor. 

February 22, 2022
A new artificial intelligence tool can detect heart disease on cardiovascular MRI scans in seconds with equal or superior precision as clinicians. 

Cardiac MRI a powerful tool for predicting sudden cardiac death, arrhythmia after CIED implantation

The study's authors suspect their findings could improve patient selection for CIEDs. 

February 17, 2022
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Unreliable? 76% of world’s blood pressure monitors have not been validated

Researchers examined data on more than 3,400 BP devices used all over the world. A significant majority of them were never clinically validated for accuracy. 

February 17, 2022

American College of Cardiology announces new industry framework for developing cardiovascular solutions

The document, available in full for free, is the result of a collaboration with the Consumer Technology Association.

February 11, 2022
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Remote monitoring with ICMs benefits patients with cardiac autonomic dysfunction

Researchers found that ICMs helped detect serious arrhythmic events in this patient population.

January 31, 2022
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