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Review
. 2020 Apr 21:6:e06.
doi: 10.15420/cfr.2019.12. eCollection 2020 Mar.

Telemonitoring in Heart Failure Management

Ivo Planinc  1 , Davor Milicic  1 , Maja Cikes  1
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Review

Telemonitoring in Heart Failure Management

Ivo Planinc et al. Card Fail Rev. .

Abstract

Telemonitoring (TM) aims to predict and prevent worsening heart failure (HF) episodes and improve self-care, patient education, treatment adherence and survival. There is a growing number of TM options for patients with HF, but there are numerous challenges in reaching positive outcomes. Conflicting evidence from clinical trials may be the result of the enormous heterogeneity of TM devices tested, differences in selected patient populations and variabilities between healthcare systems. This article covers some basic concepts of TM, looking at the recent advances in the most frequently used types of TM and the evidence to support its use in the care of people with HF.

Keywords: Telemonitoring; cardiac implantable electronic device; heart failure; left ventricular assist device; pulmonary artery pressure monitoring; remote patient monitoring; structured telephone support.

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Conflict of interest statement

Disclosure: IP has received personal fees and non-financial support related to travel from Novartis, Pfizer, Boehringer-Ingelheim, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Berlin-Chemie Menarini, PharmaS, Sanofi, Bayer, Krka and Servier. DM has received personal fees from Abbott, Novartis, Roche diagnostics, Bayer, Pfizer, Boehringer Ingelheim, Amgen, Sanofi and Krka. MC has received grants, personal fees and non-financial support related to travel from Novartis, GE Healthcare, Abbott, Roche Diagnostics, Bayer, Pfizer, Boehringer-Ingelheim, Berlin-Chemie Menarini, Servier, Corvia, AstraZeneca, Sanofi Genzyme, Sandoz, Amgen, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries and Orion Pharma.

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